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Provident House 50 Grafton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1QT

AWDM/0805/26Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from school (Class F1) to Children's Nursery (Class E (f))

Received
2 July 2026
Decision due
27 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 1 November 2026
Ward
Central
Agent
Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target27 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 30 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Provident House 50 Grafton Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1QT. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 1QT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026
Consultation expiry
30 July 2026
Last date for comments
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd
Agent address
Lewis & Co Planning 2 Port Hall Road Brighton BN1 5PD GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Prew
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
30 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15047772
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chapel Road
  • Brownfield land register: 12 Shelley Road, WorthingRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

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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