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39 Gerald Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5QQ

AWDM/1173/25Householder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey rear/side extension, retention of rear garden building and pergola

Received
15 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marine Worthing
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 142 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 39 Gerald Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 5QQ. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 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 5QQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Permission expires
5 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
51 RECTORY GARDENS Worthing BN147TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14327331
Documents
14

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

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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