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Powel Buildings 4 Commerce Way Lancing Business Park Sompting West Sussex

AWDM/1445/25Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use as Cafe/restaurant (Class E).

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Peverel
Agent
Albion Planning
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Powel Buildings 4 Commerce Way Lancing Business Park Sompting West Sussex. Adur and Worthing has handled 349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 25 applications across Peverel.

96% of outline 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

Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sompting Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Albion Planning
Agent address
36 Windsor Road Worthing BN11 2LY

Planning decision

Case officer
Peter Barnett
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14459849
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: Adur and Worthing

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