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Gardeners Arms West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AR

AWDM/0423/26Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 22 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from Public House with flat over to residential dwelling including relevant internal and external changes, parking and landscaping

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Peverel
Agent
DJA Planning
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Gardeners Arms West Street Sompting West Sussex BN15 0AR. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Peverel. We hold 262 applications in total for the BN15 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. The proposal would result in the loss of an important community facility within Sompting Conservation Area and it has not been satisfactorily demonstrated that it is no longer viable or that there is no demand for the facility within the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies 16, 17 and 33 of the Adur Local Plan and Paragraph 98 and Section 16 of the NPPF

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN15 0AR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sompting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
14 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 May 2026
Last date for comments
14 May 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DJA Planning
Agent address
Lunge Haven Studio Station Road Hellingly BN27 4EU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Peter Barnett
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
14 May 2026
Site notice start
16 April 2026
Site notice end
7 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14795486
Documents
16
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sompting
  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: Adur and Worthing

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