Westcroft Goring Street Worthing West Sussex BN12 5AN Data via plota.co.uk

AWDM/1140/26 - Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev Approved

Proposal

Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for rear dormer and 3no. rooflights to front elevation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Sept 2026
✓
Approved
29 Sept 2026

Approved on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Conservation area about 24 m away: Goring Hall; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Worthing built-up area.
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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £625,000 in July 2020. Detached house, freehold.

24 July 2020£625,000
24 July 2001£237,750

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Worthing
Application type
Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Postcode
BN12 5AN
Received
24 Sept 2026
Validated
24 Sept 2026
Ward
Goring
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Nov 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
29 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wayne Gander MCIAT

How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 45 days faster than Worthing's median of 50 for extensions. Approved, as 92% of extensions here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
275decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 30 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15237955
Planning Portal ref
PP-15237955
Statutory expiry
19 Nov 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.