Understanding planning · 13 min read
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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
8 The Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 6HH
Received 22 Dec 202546A Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AD
Received 22 Dec 2025Malthouse Cottages Jefferies Lane Worthing West Sussex
Received 22 Dec 20258 Fishermans Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LW
Received 22 Dec 202518 Tarring Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4ET
Received 22 Dec 202533 Highview Sompting West Sussex BN15 0QW
Received 22 Dec 202593 Western Road Sompting West Sussex BN15 9TL
Received 22 Dec 2025Telecommunication Site Bn0914 North Of Durrington Community Centre 2 Romany Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 23 Dec 20258 Walpole Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4PL
Received 23 Dec 202519 Elm Grove Worthing West Sussex BN11 5LG
Received 23 Dec 2025122 Freshbrook Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8DF
Received 24 Dec 2025Top Floor Flat 98 Haynes Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7LA
Received 24 Dec 202538 Shelley Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 24 Dec 202526 The Heights Worthing West Sussex BN14 0AJ
Received 24 Dec 202597 North Farm Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9BX
Received 24 Dec 2025Land North Of Eastbrook Manor Community Centre West Road Southwick West Sussex
Received 29 Dec 2025Flat 1 12 Georgia Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 8AZ
Received 29 Dec 20258 Upton Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1BU
Received 29 Dec 2025Southwold House 13 Park Crescent Worthing West Sussex
Received 29 Dec 202564 Crown Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6GE
Received 31 Dec 2025The Fynn 54 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AD
Received 31 Dec 202516 Lynchmere Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 0PD
Received 2 Jan 202654 Shakespeare Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 2 Jan 2026Site Of 34 And 36 Crabtree Lane Lancing West Sussex
Received 5 Jan 2026Records 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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