South East

Worthing planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

54.8%

208th of 297

7.9 points slower than England

Granted

93.5%

124th of 297

3.0 points higher than England

Extension of time

40.1%

213th of 297

7.8 points higher than England

Decisions (12 months)

292

Worthing decided 292 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 93.5%.

54.8% were decided within 8 weeks with no extension, against 62.7% across England (208th of 297 for speed).

A further 40.1% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

That is up from 52.4% a year earlier.

Of 5 householder appeals decided in the same period, 20.0% were allowed.

How quickly decisions are made

Worthing against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q1	94.8%	0.0%	89.5%
2008 Q2	94.2%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	89.9%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	86.1%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	94.7%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q2	90.7%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	88.6%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	93.0%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	89.2%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	90.0%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	87.5%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	63.6%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	51.0%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	86.0%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	86.3%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	86.2%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	86.0%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	85.6%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	84.5%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	87.8%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	87.1%	0.0%	85.7%
2013 Q2	88.8%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	75.8%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	71.6%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	82.1%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	85.9%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	78.5%	2.2%	82.5%
2014 Q4	79.5%	6.8%	82.1%
2015 Q1	73.7%	8.4%	80.4%
2015 Q2	86.4%	2.3%	80.6%
2015 Q3	71.9%	14.6%	79.2%
2015 Q4	65.9%	10.6%	80.0%
2016 Q1	67.1%	21.4%	78.3%
2016 Q2	65.3%	24.5%	79.8%
2016 Q3	58.2%	30.6%	77.7%
2016 Q4	66.3%	25.6%	78.0%
2017 Q1	77.3%	19.3%	77.3%
2017 Q2	66.3%	26.1%	78.5%
2017 Q3	55.2%	35.6%	76.1%
2017 Q4	56.3%	25.3%	77.1%
2018 Q1	63.3%	28.9%	73.7%
2018 Q2	61.1%	28.4%	74.0%
2018 Q3	66.3%	23.8%	72.7%
2018 Q4	66.7%	27.6%	72.7%
2019 Q1	72.9%	27.1%	69.9%
2019 Q2	56.9%	39.4%	72.1%
2019 Q3	68.7%	26.3%	69.6%
2019 Q4	80.7%	18.2%	71.5%
2020 Q1	69.8%	26.7%	68.4%
2020 Q2	59.1%	40.9%	63.9%
2020 Q3	52.5%	45.5%	63.8%
2020 Q4	55.6%	38.9%	65.3%
2021 Q1	39.4%	48.9%	59.4%
2021 Q2	60.8%	27.2%	58.4%
2021 Q3	69.6%	25.0%	53.1%
2021 Q4	62.4%	33.9%	53.0%
2022 Q1	49.0%	37.8%	51.6%
2022 Q2	46.7%	46.7%	56.0%
2022 Q3	54.8%	37.1%	53.3%
2022 Q4	45.2%	47.6%	54.1%
2023 Q1	39.4%	56.1%	53.5%
2023 Q2	36.9%	62.2%	58.5%
2023 Q3	53.3%	44.0%	59.0%
2023 Q4	56.2%	39.7%	59.8%
2024 Q1	52.1%	46.6%	58.8%
2024 Q2	56.9%	40.0%	64.4%
2024 Q3	55.3%	40.8%	64.2%
2024 Q4	56.7%	40.3%	65.6%
2025 Q1	47.8%	49.3%	62.1%
2025 Q2	50.0%	45.0%	65.0%
2025 Q3	50.6%	44.9%	62.5%
2025 Q4	54.5%	40.9%	64.7%
2026 Q1	58.2%	37.3%	60.6%
2026 Q2	57.1%	35.7%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Worthing against England

Worthing
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Worthing	England
2008 Q1	80.6%	85.1%
2008 Q2	77.3%	86.1%
2008 Q3	74.6%	86.3%
2008 Q4	82.6%	85.3%
2009 Q1	80.0%	85.9%
2009 Q2	82.5%	86.8%
2009 Q3	81.3%	87.4%
2009 Q4	78.9%	86.9%
2010 Q1	85.3%	87.0%
2010 Q2	87.7%	88.0%
2010 Q3	90.0%	87.7%
2010 Q4	79.8%	87.5%
2011 Q1	90.8%	87.9%
2011 Q2	87.6%	88.5%
2011 Q3	87.9%	88.3%
2011 Q4	89.0%	88.3%
2012 Q1	88.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	89.0%	89.2%
2012 Q3	89.1%	89.0%
2012 Q4	88.8%	88.9%
2013 Q1	89.2%	89.8%
2013 Q2	90.5%	90.6%
2013 Q3	95.2%	90.3%
2013 Q4	94.3%	89.6%
2014 Q1	91.0%	89.8%
2014 Q2	82.8%	90.5%
2014 Q3	76.3%	90.0%
2014 Q4	90.4%	89.2%
2015 Q1	81.1%	89.3%
2015 Q2	92.0%	90.2%
2015 Q3	94.4%	90.0%
2015 Q4	90.6%	89.2%
2016 Q1	91.4%	90.0%
2016 Q2	95.9%	90.3%
2016 Q3	92.9%	90.2%
2016 Q4	96.5%	89.7%
2017 Q1	89.8%	89.9%
2017 Q2	94.6%	90.5%
2017 Q3	87.4%	90.0%
2017 Q4	93.1%	90.1%
2018 Q1	92.2%	90.5%
2018 Q2	89.5%	91.0%
2018 Q3	94.1%	91.2%
2018 Q4	90.8%	90.5%
2019 Q1	92.7%	90.3%
2019 Q2	95.4%	91.0%
2019 Q3	96.0%	90.6%
2019 Q4	95.5%	89.8%
2020 Q1	91.9%	89.9%
2020 Q2	96.6%	90.2%
2020 Q3	97.0%	90.6%
2020 Q4	96.0%	90.3%
2021 Q1	96.8%	90.9%
2021 Q2	94.3%	91.2%
2021 Q3	93.9%	91.0%
2021 Q4	98.2%	90.1%
2022 Q1	95.9%	90.0%
2022 Q2	92.4%	90.4%
2022 Q3	90.3%	89.8%
2022 Q4	91.7%	89.4%
2023 Q1	93.9%	89.3%
2023 Q2	91.9%	89.2%
2023 Q3	92.0%	88.6%
2023 Q4	93.2%	88.2%
2024 Q1	95.9%	88.2%
2024 Q2	95.4%	89.1%
2024 Q3	90.8%	89.4%
2024 Q4	98.5%	88.6%
2025 Q1	95.7%	89.3%
2025 Q2	97.5%	90.4%
2025 Q3	95.5%	90.1%
2025 Q4	90.9%	90.1%
2026 Q1	92.5%	90.6%
2026 Q2	94.3%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks54.8%
8 to 13 weeks2.1%
13 to 26 weeks2.1%
Over 26 weeks1.0%
Extension of time agreed40.1%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	160
8 to 13 weeks	6
13 to 26 weeks	6
Over 26 weeks	3
Extension of time agreed	117

Appeals

Decided: 5
Allowed: 20.0%
Median wait: 10 weeks

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Worthing has published 26 conservation areas.
Worthing has published 8 Article 4 areas.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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