Provident House 50 Grafton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1QT
Refused on 20 April 2026
Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Change of use from school (Use Class F1) to commercial/business service/office (Use Class E)
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated23 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date20 Apr
- DecidedDecided20 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Provident House 50 Grafton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1QT. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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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Why it was refused
- In the absence of robust evidence to the contrary, there is no justification for the loss of the existing premises as a community use, which would cause unacceptable harm to the availability of suitable community premises in the Borough contrary to Local Plan policy DM8 and the relevant policies of the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BN11 1QT
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd
- Agent address
- Lewis & Co Planning 2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rebekah Hincke
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14710304
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chapel Road
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Adur and Worthing
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