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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Ambrose Place Worthing West Sussex BN11 1PZ
Received 23 Jan 2026Durrington Infant And Junior Schools 81A Salvington Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2JD
Received 23 Jan 2026Vale School 88 Vale Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 0DB
Received 23 Jan 2026Site Of And Land At St Marys Church Hall 25 East Street And 1 And 1A New Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 26 Jan 202654 Middle Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6GA
Received 26 Jan 20264 Harbour House Harbour Way Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5HZ
Received 26 Jan 202611 Pevensey Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5NP
Received 26 Jan 20265 Gorse Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 9PG
Received 26 Jan 202647 Sugden Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2JG
Received 26 Jan 2026Sussex Travel Clinic 23 Farncombe Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2AY
Received 26 Jan 20266 Oxen Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5AF
Received 27 Jan 202613 Christchurch Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 27 Jan 202620 Homefield Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2HZ
Received 27 Jan 202610 - 11 Arcade Buildings South Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 3AL
Received 27 Jan 20268 Kinfauns Drive Worthing West Sussex BN13 3BL
Received 27 Jan 2026Shop 2 Colonnade House 1 - 3 High Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 1NZ
Received 27 Jan 202649 Offington Lane Worthing West Sussex BN14 9RG
Received 27 Jan 20266 Ely Close Worthing West Sussex BN13 1BH
Received 27 Jan 202628 Parkfield Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1EL
Received 27 Jan 2026Homefield Primary Lower School 179A Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2DG
Received 27 Jan 20262 Central Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 0DR
Received 28 Jan 202639 Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 3EF
Received 28 Jan 202634 Hillview Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 0BX
Received 28 Jan 2026Development Site At Upper Floors Of 32 To 34 Marine Parade Bath Place Worthing West Sussex
Received 28 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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