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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832 approved · 68 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Of West Street And West Of Loose Lane Sompting West Sussex
Received 16 Jul 202615 Greenoaks Lancing West Sussex BN15 0HN
Received 16 Jul 202619 Kings Close Lancing West Sussex BN15 8DB
Received 16 Jul 20266 Field Close Lancing West Sussex BN15 9LT
Received 16 Jul 2026Flint Cottage Titnore Lane Worthing West Sussex BN13 3RT
Received 16 Jul 2026Flint Cottage Titnore Lane Worthing West Sussex BN13 3RT
Received 16 Jul 2026Hm Revenues And Customs Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XL
Received 16 Jul 202623 Alinora Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 4JB
Received 16 Jul 202626 Keymer Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 4LD
Received 17 Jul 2026Durrington Parish Church Of St Symphorians Durrington Hill Worthing West Sussex BN13 3HU
Received 17 Jul 202625 Lobelia Drive Worthing West Sussex BN13 3GN
Received 17 Jul 2026Whitehalls West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0DA
Received 20 Jul 2026115A Connaught Avenue Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5WP
Received 20 Jul 2026Worthing Hospital Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2DH
Received 20 Jul 2026Hm Revenues And Customs Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4XL
Received 20 Jul 20261 Evelyn Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8AY
Received 20 Jul 2026Sylvan Glen 1A Longlands Worthing West Sussex BN14 9NS
Received 20 Jul 20261 Longlands Glade Worthing West Sussex BN14 9NR
Received 20 Jul 202639 Ilex Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UY
Received 20 Jul 202630 Southsea Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4BW
Received 20 Jul 20268 Gordon Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9LP
Received 21 Jul 202631 Roman Way Southwick West Sussex BN42 4TN
Received 21 Jul 202621 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 22 Jul 2026Outbuilding 1 - 3 Ship Street Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex
Received 22 Jul 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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