Sainsbury Supermarket Lyons Farm Retail Park Lyons Way Worthing West Sussex BN14 9LA Data via plota.co.uk

AWDM/0971/26 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Retrospective installation of ANPR cameras Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Validated
20 Aug 2026
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Consultation
25 Aug 2026
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Approved
13 Oct 2026

Approved on 13 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Air quality management area: Worthing Grove Lodge/Lyons Farm AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
National infrastructure project about 190 m away: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm
The site is about 190 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
National park about 89 m away: South Downs
Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Also on the record
Inside the Worthing built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Worthing
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BN14 9LA
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Offington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
13 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Alder King Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 9 days faster than Worthing's median of 63 for commercial premises. Approved, as 83% of commercial premises here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
13%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15159068
Planning Portal ref
PP-15159068
Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Comments by
30 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
9 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Worthing
Planning Authority Score
4/10
Below average
#194 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Worthing is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #226 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Worthing decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #105 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #124 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #226 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #188 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
39 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
78%
Change of use approved
36 decided
573
Total decisions
54 refused in the year to March 2026