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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Croft Cottage 98A South Street Worthing West Sussex BN14 7NB
Received 4 Jun 2026107A Grand Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN11 5BE
Received 4 Jun 202648 Buckingham Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 5 Jun 202649 Greet Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9NS
Received 5 Jun 2026184 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NH
Received 5 Jun 20263 Firle Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 0NY
Received 5 Jun 20263 Liverpool Gardens Worthing Central Worthing West Sussex
Received 5 Jun 20267 Southsea Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4BN
Received 5 Jun 202666 Buckingham Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5UD
Received 8 Jun 202649 Dolphin Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6PB
Received 8 Jun 202621 Queens Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8ED
Received 8 Jun 2026Flat 4 67 Richmond Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4AQ
Received 8 Jun 2026The Spinney 14 Links Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 9QY
Received 8 Jun 202611 Rugby Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4PZ
Received 8 Jun 20267 Chappell Croft Mill Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 4JL
Received 8 Jun 202640 Offington Lane Worthing West Sussex BN14 9RT
Received 8 Jun 2026Land At Former 5 Brighton Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 2026Land Site West Of Fulbeck Avenue Northbrook Worthing West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 20265 Birkdale Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 2QY
Received 9 Jun 2026162 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4PH
Received 9 Jun 202656 Chute Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 3DS
Received 9 Jun 202612 Westbrooke Worthing West Sussex BN11 1RE
Received 9 Jun 2026Site Of And Land At St Marys Church Hall 25 East Street And 1 And 1A New Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 9 Jun 20268 Cumberland Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JX
Received 9 Jun 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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