39 Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 3EF
Approved on 9 July 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted8 conditions
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Proposal
Shopfront alterations; change of use of part of ground floor from retail and first floor residential unit to small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4); replacement windows, new rear door and other associated alterations including refuse stores and cycle spaces (Nos 39, 39A and 39B)
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- Lewis & Co Planning
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 162 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39 Brighton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 3EF. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 15 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 164 applications across Central. We hold 636 applications in total for the BN11 postcode area.
93% of full applications at Adur District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BN11 3EF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Lewis & Co Planning
- Agent address
- Lewis & Co Planning 2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Louise Prew
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14653066
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Steyne Gardens+1 more
- Article 4 direction: Warwick GardensPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Adur and Worthing
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