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Land At Stocks Gardens West Street Sompting West Sussex

AWDM/0289/26Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to a private gypsy and traveller caravan site for 4 pitches, including parking. Retention of existing caravans and hardstanding.

Received
6 March 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Peverel
Agent
PROwe Planning Solutions
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At Stocks Gardens West Street Sompting West Sussex. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Peverel.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sompting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026
Committee meeting
29 June 2026
Permission expires
30 June 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
PROwe Planning Solutions
Agent address
Melton Lodge, Rusper Road Newdigate Dorking Surrey RH5 5BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 April 2026
Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14716976
Documents
31
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SomptingPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Adur and Worthing

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