Planning Updates

A Planning Application (ref AWDM/1906/22) has been made for a mixture of residential and commercial units. We are broadly supportive of this.  It is currently being considered by the Planning Committee and an outcome is due soon.

Adur and Worthing Council successfully challenged the Inspectors decision to permit Persimmon to develop this site.  This was on the grounds that the Inspector had given insufficient weight to the draft Local Plan which designated this area and land as green space and also the impact on South Downs National …

This decision represents a victory for both local residents and  the wider community. The Worthing Society is delighted that the High Court judgement has quashed the Inspector’s decision to allow Outline Planning Permission for 475 dwellings on this important open space. Chatsmore Farm is an historic, strategic gap providing a …

Members of the Worthing Heritage Committee were invited by the developer Paul Craig to view the building and discuss his proposals. He intends to keep the Art Deco character and fixtures and fittings which we welcome. The regeneration will take the form of retail outlets on the ground floor and …

We have received an email from Sir Peter Bottomley’s Office containing a link to his webpage (See below). The link has a copy of his letter to the Rt. Hon Michael Gove Dept. of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. You can also view the original Press Release. https://www.sirpeterbottomley.com/protecting-goring-gap