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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 St Wilfreds Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8BA
Received 26 Mar 202637 Sackville Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN14 8BP
Received 26 Mar 202611 Westbourne Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 8DE
Received 26 Mar 202622 Cecil Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8HN
Received 27 Mar 2026The Montague Centre Liverpool Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 27 Mar 202617 Liverpool Gardens Worthing Central Worthing West Sussex BN11 1RY
Received 27 Mar 2026The Montague Centre Liverpool Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 27 Mar 2026Southwold House 13 Park Crescent Worthing West Sussex
Received 27 Mar 2026Shoreham College St Julians Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YW
Received 30 Mar 202697 Warren Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 9QU
Received 30 Mar 202610 - 20 Marine Place Worthing West Sussex BN11 3DN
Received 30 Mar 202667 Ham Way Worthing West Sussex BN11 2QF
Received 30 Mar 2026Our Lady Of Sion Junior School 16 Westbrooke Worthing West Sussex BN11 1RE
Received 30 Mar 2026Shearings The Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5NJ
Received 30 Mar 20263 Aldsworth Parade Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TX
Received 30 Mar 20264 Lansdowne Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4LY
Received 12 Mar 202642 Mill Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 0PZ
Received 31 Mar 202624 Woodards View Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LH
Received 31 Mar 202614 West Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WG
Received 31 Mar 202614 West Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WG
Received 31 Mar 202650 Buckingham Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5UD
Received 31 Mar 202649 Poulters Lane Worthing West Sussex BN14 7ST
Received 31 Mar 20264 Manor Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 3RT
Received 31 Mar 2026165 Dominion Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8LD
Received 31 Mar 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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