54 Chapel Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1BE
Approved on 1 July 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted5 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from Food and Drink Class E(b) to provision for education Class F1(a)
- Received
- 24 February 2026
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- DJM Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated24 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 54 Chapel Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1BE. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1BE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 April 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
- 2 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- DJM Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jackie Fox
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14721850
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chapel RoadPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: 30 - 32 Chapel RoadRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Adur and Worthing
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