Planning application
Land South East Corner Of Amberley Drive Marine Drive Worthing West Sussex
Works: Trees
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Proposal
Commercial use of regenerated land, including use as a community green space for recreational and leisure use. Retention of land for biodiversity use. Bore hole for extraction of natural water. Use of land to produce natural green energy, for example solar. Provision of vehicle parking use (including overnight camping use for kite surfers and sea swimmers), 2 x 6m flag poles, provision of food and drink from temporary structures, mobile toilets, shower and baby changing facilities. Two recessed shipping containers for site storage and use. Tree shaded sandpit and tumble-down mound for young children and toddlers to use. Animals to use for entertainment purposes, for example Shetland ponies. A decorative flowerpot boat at site entrance. Bin storage use. A wheeled advertising trailer, measuring approx. 5 metres by 2.5 metres located within the site boundary to promote Worthing, local events and tourism.
As published by the council, reference AWDM/0737/26
Application record
- Reference
- AWDM/0737/26
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 16 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Goring
Site history
Applications at this address on the Worthing register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024.
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AWDM/1333/24 Withdrawn
Land South East Corner Of Amberley Drive Marine Drive Worthing West Sussex
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use of the land for leisure and wellbeing activities by the public.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2026
Received by Worthing
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24 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Worthing took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
426 documents on file for this application
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Land South East Corner Of Amberley Drive Marine Drive Worthing West Sussex
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Land South East Corner Of Amberley Drive Marine Drive Worthing West Sussex
84% historically approved · decision due ~19 Aug
Commercial use of regenerated land, including use as a community green space for recreational and leisure use. Retention of land for biodiversity use. Bore hole for extraction of natural water. Use of land to produce natural green energy, for example solar. Provision of vehicle parking use (including overnight camping use for kite surfers and sea swimmers), 2 x 6m flag poles, provision of food and drink from temporary structures, mobile toilets, shower and baby changing facilities. Two recessed shipping containers for site storage and use. Tree shaded sandpit and tumble-down mound for young children and toddlers to use. Animals to use for entertainment purposes, for example Shetland ponies. A decorative flowerpot boat at site entrance. Bin storage use. A wheeled advertising trailer, measuring approx. 5 metres by 2.5 metres located within the site boundary to promote Worthing, local events and tourism.
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