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5 Westbrooke Worthing West Sussex BN11 1RE

Granted Worthing AWDM/1280/25 Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use for self-containment of Unit 9 through the addition of a toilet in its en-suite shower room.

As published by the council, reference AWDM/1280/25

Application record

Reference
AWDM/1280/25
Type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Decided
Decision
Application Permitted
Received
8 Oct 2025
Validated
9 Oct 2025
Decided
22 Jan 2026
Ward
Central
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
BN11 1RE

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Oct 2025

    Received by Worthing

  2. 9 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  4. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

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What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

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