Riverside Equestrian Centre Old Salts Farm Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JG Data via plota.co.uk

AWDM/0529/26 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of part of former Riverside Equestrian Centre to community food growing, mobile sauna and associated carparking (temporary consent for 5 years) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 May 2026
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Validated
5 May 2026
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Consultation
10 Jun 2026
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Committee
29 Jun 2026
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Approved
30 Jun 2026

Approved on 30 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

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Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Old Salts Farmhouse, Grade II, about 33 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1130 m away: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm; Radon affected area, class 4; Local nature reserve about 464 m away: Widewater Lagoon; Inside the Lancing and Sompting built-up area; Priority habitat about 16 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Adur
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BN15 8JG
Received
1 May 2026
Validated
5 May 2026
Ward
Widewater
Parish
Lancing Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 10 days slower than Adur's median of 46 for commercial premises. Approved, as 97% of commercial premises here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Adur in the last twelve months, from validation. Adur decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14895229
Planning Portal ref
PP-14895229
Neighbours
18 Jun 2026
Consultation
10 Jun 2026
Comments by
1 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
12 May 2026
Committee
29 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Adur
Planning Authority Score
6/10
Average
#103 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Adur ranks #181 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Adur decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #49 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #48 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #181 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #125 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
20 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
5 decided
298
Total decisions
20 refused in the year to March 2026