8 - 9 Arcade Buildings South Street Worthing West Sussex BN11 3AL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first and second floor from food sales onsite (Class Eb) to two residential units (Use Class C3 with reconfiguration of shop front, window replacement to front elevation, window replacement and creation of new windows to rear elevation and rooftop photovoltaic panels Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 21 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Oct 2026
Site constraints 6
Show all 13 with distances
- 28 m4, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 29 m5, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 31 m6-8, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 62 mThe Pier (Including the Pierfoot Pavilion and the Pierhead Pavilion)Grade II
- 78 m22, Montague StreetGrade II
- 85 mBedford CottageGrade II
- 96 m3-6, Bedford RowGrade II
- 113 m8-14, Bedford RowGrade II
- 127 mThe Dome CinemaGrade II*
- 129 m10, Montague PlaceGrade II
- 129 mNumbers 11, 12, 13 and 14 Montague PlaceGrade II
- 135 mThat Part of the Montague Shopping Centre Which Is the Desert Quartet Sculptures With Supporting Loggia, Alexander TerraceGrade II*
- 146 m1-12, Liverpool TerraceGrade II
Checked on 9 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
- BN11 3AL
- Received
- 17 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 17 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Central
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 21 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Saville Jones Architects
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 369 days from validation, 313 days slower than Worthing's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 85% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Worthing in the last twelve months, from validation. Worthing decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
20 neighbours consulted · Last counted 24 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14394532
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14394532
- Neighbours
- 20 Oct 2025
- Consultation
- 11 Sept 2026
- Comments by
- 2 Oct 2026
- Site or press notice
- 30 Oct 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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