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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41 Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 3EF
Received 19 Feb 20265 The Acre Close Worthing West Sussex BN11 4LW
Received 19 Feb 202632 Aldsworth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XF
Received 19 Feb 2026Flat 8 Field Row Worthing West Sussex BN11 1TD
Received 19 Feb 2026Celandine 8 Honeysuckle Lane Worthing West Sussex BN13 3BT
Received 19 Feb 202687 Aldsworth Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XG
Received 19 Feb 202621 Cumberland Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JX
Received 19 Feb 202634 Seamill Park Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN11 2PN
Received 19 Feb 20265 West Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WF
Received 19 Feb 202641 Chartwell Road Lancing Business Park Lancing West Sussex BN15 8TU
Received 19 Feb 2026Fishermans Wharf Brighton Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 20 Feb 2026Meadway Old Salts Farm Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JD
Received 20 Feb 202677 Cranworth Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2JE
Received 20 Feb 202611 Warwick Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 3DF
Received 20 Feb 2026Flat 2 5 Cowper Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4PD
Received 20 Feb 202681 Manor Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4SL
Received 20 Feb 202676 St Andrews Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1HJ
Received 20 Feb 202614 St James Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 0NN
Received 23 Feb 2026Former Mannings Surry Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 23 Feb 202618 Sedbury Road Sompting West Sussex BN15 0LL
Received 23 Feb 202618 The Heights Worthing West Sussex BN14 0AL
Received 23 Feb 2026Provident House 50 Grafton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1QT
Received 23 Feb 2026113 Upper Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 9JD
Received 23 Feb 2026119 Westcourt Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7DP
Received 24 Feb 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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