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Worthing Borough Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Worthing Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

1,071Searchable applications

308Recorded as pending

92%Approval rate · 737 approved or refused records

56Refused applications

681 approved · 56 refused · 24 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning & Building Control Contact planning Full contact details (Planning (Development Management))Local plan Planning Policy Pre-application advice Do I need planning permission?Conservation areas Conservation and Heritage Article 4 directions Article 4 Directions

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesplanning@adur-worthing.gov.uk Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas27 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas8 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

DecidedAWDM/0418/26
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer
21 Downland Avenue Southwick West Sussex BN42 4RF
Received 1 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0419/26
Application for consent under Adur Tree Preservation Order No.13.53/2/00(SU) of 2000 to reduce crown height and radial spread by up to 2 metres (to previous points) two Liquidambar trees T17 & T18.
36 Downsway Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5GN
Received 1 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0420/26
Section 211 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to reduce damaged eastern stem to sound wood one Ash tree in the Kingston Buci Conservation Area.
Shoreham College St Julians Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YW
Received 1 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0421/26
3 replacement windows 2 on east elevation and 1 on west elevation.
29 Atlantic Court Ferry Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5YJ
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0422/26
Single storey rear extension, garage conversion, rebuild front porch and adjacent ground floor front extension, adapt existing front sliding doors to a window, replace existing rear ground floor window with new windows and doors in new openings, replacement enlarged window in west side elevation, removal of chimney, new ground floor side windows, new rooflights to front and rear pitched roof slopes, new flat roof windows to garage conversion and new rear extension, and refurbishment of all existing windows and doors.
12 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0423/26
Change of use from Public House with flat over into full residential dwelling including relevant internal and external changes
Gardeners Arms West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AR
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0424/26
Proposed erection of a single-storey outbuilding within the rear garden for use as a private, appointment-only tattoo studio (Use Class E), ancillary to the main dwelling.
22 Leconfield Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9JB
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0425/26
Advertisement consent to provide additional signage on 2 x existing free standing signs facing Sompting Avenue and Broadwater Road
Lancing College Preparatory School At Worthing 122 Broadwater Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 8HU
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0426/26
Replacement of rear fencing with a brick wall (2.13m high) to North boundary; new brick wall behind existing timber fence East boundary (2.13m high)
1 Silver Birch Drive Worthing West Sussex BN13 3PP
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0427/26
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) as a house in multiple occupation (Class C4) for up to 6 occupants
10 Terringes Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 1HY
Received 2 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0429/26
Proposed first floor roof extensions and conversion (including raising the ridge height and roof extensions to the front and rear), front balcony to replace existing, re-building existing ground floor front extension, garage conversions, and side porch canopy.
10 Beach Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LJ
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0430/26
Extension and re-roofing of existing rear outbuilding to provide summer house/shower room for family use
40 The Quadrant Worthing West Sussex BN12 6HE
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0431/26
Front extension. Conversion of garage to office/store/utility. Single storey rear extension. Rooflights to North, East, South and West roof slopes to create room in the roofspace.
179 Terringes Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 1JS
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0432/26
First floor rear extension
7 Lansdowne Close Worthing West Sussex BN11 5HF
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0433/26
The addition 2no. rooflights to rear roof slope.
30A Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2DF
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0434/26
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4m from the rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height of 3m and height of eaves of the extension of 2.2m
6 Plantation Way Worthing West Sussex BN13 2AF
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0435/26
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (Surface water disposal) and 4 (Foul sewerage disposal) of approved application AWDM/1605/25
12 Georgia Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN14 8AZ
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0436/26
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed loft conversion including hip to gable roof extension, front rooflights, side window and rear dormer with Juliet balcony
33 Nutley Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 4JZ
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0437/26
Application to vary conditions 1 (approved plans) and 3 (materials) of AWDM/1415/24 to change the vertical tile hanging finish to new gable wall and dormer elevations to white render and windows to grey anthracite. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Single storey side (East) extension, roof extension including changing front roof to gable end, East side facing dormer, rooflight to West
30 Whylands Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN13 3HA
Received 7 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0439/26
Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for an Existing single storey rear extension
55 Cranleigh Road Worthing West Sussex BN14 7QW
Received 8 Apr 2026
RegisteredAWDM/0440/26
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (materials) of approved application AWDM/0961/25
29 Richmond Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1PN
Received 8 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0441/26
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4.5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 2.95m and height of eaves of the extension 2.95m
27 Heatherstone Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2HD
Received 8 Apr 2026
UnknownNOTICE/0007/26
Application for prior approval for proposed change of use of rear ground floor from commercial (Use Class E) to one residential flat (Use Class C3)
Site Of 30 Lyndhurst Road And 40 Selden Road Worthing West Sussex
Received 8 Apr 2026
DecidedAWDM/0442/26
Single storey front extension and removal of bay window.
57 Hollingbury Gardens Worthing West Sussex BN14 0EB
Received 9 Apr 2026

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Worthing Borough 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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