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34 Railway Approach Worthing West Sussex

NOTICE/0032/22PA COU Comm, Bus and Service to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 March 2023

Council decision: Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for permitted development for prior approval for change of use from offices (Use Class E) at first floor into 2 x 1 bedroom flats.

Received
24 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
RMR Architecture Ltd
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 34 Railway Approach Worthing West Sussex. Adur and Worthing has handled 349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Adur and Worthing's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 164 applications across Central.

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
PA COU Comm, Bus and Service to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2023
Consultation expiry
8 February 2023
Consultation start
18 January 2023
Consultation end
8 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 February 2023
Last date for comments
8 February 2023
Target decision date
13 March 2023
Permission expires
17 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
RMR Architecture Ltd
Agent address
5 St Johns Parade Alinora Crescent Goring By Sea West Sussex BN12 4HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11719780
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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Adur and Worthing

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