The Hollies 83 Little High Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 1DH
Refused on 3 March 2026
Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Change of use to a single dwelling house (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Council
- Adur District Council
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- WPS Planning
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Hollies 83 Little High Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 1DH. Adur and Worthing has handled 1,247 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused
- In the absence of robust evidence, the Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that it has been satisfactorily demonstrated that the property is no longer required or viable as a community facility, contrary to policy DM8 of the Worthing Local Plan (2023) and the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BN11 1DH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- WPS Planning
- Agent address
- The Courtyard 30 Worthing Road Horsham RH12 1SL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Louise Prew
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 8 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 29 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14470323
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Little High Street
- Tree Preservation Order: 01/00086/TPOProtected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Adur and Worthing
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