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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Adur District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2024 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
135 Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2EU
Received 15 Dec 202565 Fernhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AU
Received 15 Dec 2025Chichester Court Pevensey Garden Worthing West Sussex
Received 15 Dec 202547 Hammy Way Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6GH
Received 16 Dec 202547 New Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6RB
Received 16 Dec 2025Site Of 30 And 30A Lyndhurst Road And 40 Selden Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 16 Dec 202530A Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2DF
Received 16 Dec 202520 Birkdale Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2QY
Received 16 Dec 2025167 Old Fort Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5HL
Received 17 Dec 20251A Mill Hill Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5TG
Received 17 Dec 202575 Marlborough Road Lancing Business Park Lancing West Sussex
Received 17 Dec 20257 Falmer Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4SY
Received 17 Dec 202520 High Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5DA
Received 18 Dec 2025132 Greenways Crescent Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6HQ
Received 18 Dec 2025132A Pavilion Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7EL
Received 18 Dec 202517 Cissbury Drive Worthing West Sussex BN14 0DT
Received 18 Dec 202510 Sussex Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1DS
Received 18 Dec 202534 First Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 9QG
Received 18 Dec 202519 Hailsham Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5PA
Received 18 Dec 202597 The Crescent Southwick West Sussex BN42 4LH
Received 18 Dec 2025Petrol Filling Station 42 Findon Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 0AB
Received 19 Dec 2025The Old Rectory 10 St Julians Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YS
Received 22 Dec 202545 The Crescent Southwick West Sussex BN42 4LB
Received 22 Dec 2025St Johns Court Penstone Close Lancing West Sussex
Received 22 Dec 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Adur District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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