Car Park Adjacent Sea Lane Cafe Marine Crescent Worthing West Sussex Data via plota.co.uk

AWDM/0160/26 - Full Application Approved
Commercial & major worksUtility infrastructureCommercial premises

Proposal

Retention of storage container for wood in connection with sauna provision on the beach Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Feb 2026
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Validated
20 Aug 2026
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Consultation
29 Sept 2026
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Approved
21 Oct 2026

Approved on 21 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Worthing Planning Committee on 7 Oct 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval for three years because the container supports the sauna but is not a suitable permanent storage solution.
  • A resident raised concerns about need, visual and residential amenity, anti-social behaviour and safety.
  • Members voted 4–3 to approve temporary permission for three years, while asking officers to seek a better future storage arrangement.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and three-year decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Worthing's committee minutes of 7 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Public footpath about 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
East Head to Shoreham about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Worthing built-up area.
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 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
BN12 4HR
Received
9 Feb 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Goring
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
21 Oct 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, about the council's usual 63 days. 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

2comments received
2 objecting

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14684070
Planning Portal ref
PP-14684070
Neighbours
29 Sept 2026
Consultation
29 Sept 2026
Comments by
15 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
25 Aug 2026
Committee
7 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings