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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of Shadwells Road At Mash Barn Estate Mash Barn Lane Lancing West Sussex
Received 19 May 2026Fishermans Wharf Brighton Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 19 May 20262 Moat Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 4DR
Received 19 May 2026Former Mannings Surry Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 20 May 20267 St James Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 0NN
Received 20 May 2026St Marys House Dental Care 5 - 9 St Marys House St Marys Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5ZA
Received 20 May 202614 Cobden Road Worthing Central Worthing West Sussex BN11 4BD
Received 20 May 2026Bank 27 - 29 South Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 3AW
Received 20 May 2026Worthing Ice Rink Steyne Gardens Worthing West Sussex
Received 20 May 202611 Bury Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XB
Received 20 May 2026Caxton Court Broadwater Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 20 May 202628 Midhurst Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 5BG
Received 20 May 202654 Old Fort Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5RJ
Received 21 May 202646 Overhill Southwick West Sussex BN42 4WJ
Received 21 May 2026Land Between Sword Street And Martlets Way Worthing West Sussex
Received 21 May 2026Courtlands 37 Parklands Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4NG
Received 21 May 2026Courtlands 37 Parklands Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4NG
Received 21 May 202637 Mardale Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2AY
Received 22 May 202635 Rackham Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 1LW
Received 22 May 202614 West Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WG
Received 26 May 2026128 Tarring Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4HA
Received 26 May 202652 Chapel Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1BE
Received 26 May 202634 Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2DF
Received 26 May 2026Town Hall Chambers 45 - 49 High Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 27 May 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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