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Co Operative Retail Services 8 - 16 Southwick Square Southwick West Sussex BN42 4FJ

AWDM/0797/25Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New plant to replace existing on flat roof within new steel cage. New steel security doors. Brick up old openings in external walls. New ventilation. New external LED lighting to replace existing. New parcel lockers. ATM relocated. New di-bond panels to shop front.New roller shutter. New hatch and CAT ladder on flat roof.

Received
18 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southwick Green
Agent
DB3 Group
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated30 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Co Operative Retail Services 8 - 16 Southwick Square Southwick West Sussex BN42 4FJ. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Southwick Green. We hold 115 applications in total for the BN42 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
BN42 4FJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 June 2025
Consultation expiry
22 August 2025
Consultation start
1 August 2025
Consultation end
22 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 July 2025
Last date for comments
22 August 2025
Target decision date
25 August 2025
Permission expires
17 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DB3 Group
Agent address
DB3 Group 10 South Parade Leeds LS1 5QS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Eve Hearsey
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14078507
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SouthwickPart 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.

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  1. 2026
    8 Jan

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  2. 2025
    18 Jun

    New plant to replace existing on flat roof within new steel cage. New steel security doors. Brick up old…

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