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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 South East Corner Of Amberley Drive Marine Drive Worthing West Sussex
Received 16 Jun 202613 Ambrose Place Worthing West Sussex BN11 1PZ
Received 16 Jun 202613 Ambrose Place Worthing West Sussex BN11 1PZ
Received 16 Jun 202632 Lime Tree Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 0DL
Received 16 Jun 202632 Pratton Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 9NU
Received 16 Jun 202632 Pratton Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 9NU
Received 16 Jun 202681 Old Shoreham Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5TF
Received 17 Jun 2026Unit 17 Winston Business Centre 43 Chartwell Road Lancing Business Park Lancing West Sussex BN15 8TU
Received 17 Jun 2026Former 106 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex
Received 17 Jun 20266 Falcon Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5HN
Received 17 Jun 202624 West Avenue Worthing West Sussex
Received 17 Jun 202619 Farncombe Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 17 Jun 2026Holland House Little High Street Worthing West Sussex
Received 17 Jun 202611 Adur Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5NN
Received 18 Jun 2026Mill Field Lodge 20 Downview Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 18 Jun 2026Valley View 20 Mill Lane Worthing West Sussex BN13 3DJ
Received 18 Jun 202623 White House Place Worthing West Sussex BN13 2PF
Received 18 Jun 202646 Overhill Southwick West Sussex BN42 4WJ
Received 19 Jun 202622 Warwick Gardens Worthing West Sussex BN11 1PF
Received 19 Jun 20265 Newland Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 19 Jun 20261 Coombe Rise Worthing West Sussex BN14 0ED
Received 19 Jun 2026Worthing Hospital Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2DH
Received 19 Jun 202638 Crowborough Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UQ
Received 19 Jun 20267 Southview Drive Worthing West Sussex BN11 5HU
Received 19 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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