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Units 1 To 2 3 Meadow Road Industrial Estate Dale Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2RU

AWDM/0338/26Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 12 May 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of first floor from industrial (Use Class B2) to a small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) for on-site staff; new external fire escape; and roller shutter door to workshop.

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Selden
Agent
DJM Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units 1 To 2 3 Meadow Road Industrial Estate Dale Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 2RU. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Selden. 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

  1. In the absence of clear and robust evidence to the contrary there is no justification for the loss of the industrial floorspace in this Protected Key Employment Area from its existing employment use. If granted, the change of use would cause unacceptable harm to the functioning of this Key Employment Area and therefore the proposal is contrary to Local Plan policy DM11 and the NPPF
  2. The proposed change of use, by reason of location, layout and nature of use would provide a substandard quality of accommodation for residents due to unsafe access and egress, fear of crime and noise and air pollution contrary to policies SP3 and DM5 of the Worthing Local Plan (2023) and paragraph 135 of the NPPF

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN11 2RU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Consultation start
27 March 2026
Consultation end
17 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 April 2026
Target decision date
12 May 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
Louise Prew
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14737908
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 85/00001/TPOPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Source: Adur and Worthing

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