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39 Rugby Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5LS

AWDM/0831/25Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 25 September 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to west side with ridged and pitched roof in connection with proposed loft conversion and associated fenestration alterations including proposed rooflights to east side.

Received
25 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marine Worthing
Agent
Horizon Design
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 39 Rugby Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5LS. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 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 45 applications across Marine Worthing. 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 5LS
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2025
Consultation expiry
15 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 September 2025
Last date for comments
15 September 2025
Target decision date
21 August 2025
Permission expires
25 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Horizon Design
Architect profile
HORIZON DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
4 High View Worthing BN13 3DQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Amanda Haslett
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14115423
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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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