Home / Conservation areas / Worthing Borough Council
South EastConservation areas in Worthing Borough Council
26 conservation areas and 8 Article 4 directions on the official register. If your property is in one, extensions, lofts, cladding, outbuildings and demolition follow stricter rules.
Conservation areas
Broadwater
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA01
Rules & recordBroadwater Green
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA02
Rules & recordChapel Road
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA04
Rules & recordDurrington
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA05
Rules & recordFarncombe Road
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA06
Rules & recordGoring
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA07
Rules & recordGoring Hall
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA08
Rules & recordHeene
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA09
Rules & recordHighdown
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA10
Rules & recordIvy Place
Designated 2000 · ref. WCA11
Rules & recordLittle High Street
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA12
Rules & recordMarine Gardens
Designated 2024 · ref. WCA13
Rules & recordMarine Parade and Hinterland
Designated 2000 · ref. WCA14
Rules & recordMill Road
Designated 2000 · ref. WCA15
Rules & recordMontague Street
Designated 2000 · ref. WCA16
Rules & recordPark Crescent
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA17
Rules & recordRichmond Road
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA18
Rules & recordRobson Road
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA19
Rules & recordSalvington
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA20
Rules & recordShaftesbury Avenue
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA21
Rules & recordShakespeare Road
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA22
Rules & recordSouth Street
Designated 2000 · ref. WCA23
Rules & recordSteyne Gardens
Designated 2024 · ref. WCA24
Rules & recordWarwick Gardens
Designated 2000 · ref. WCA25
Rules & recordWest Tarring
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA26
Rules & recordWinchester Road
Designated 1997 · ref. WCA27
Rules & recordWhat a conservation area changes
Extensions
Side extensions, and rear extensions of more than one storey, are not permitted development — they need planning permission. Single-storey rear extensions keep their normal limits, but the Larger Home Extension prior-approval route is not available.
Lofts and roofs
Roof extensions such as dormers are not permitted development. Rooflights are usually fine if they don't project more than 15 cm.
Cladding
Cladding the outside of a house in stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber, plastic or tiles needs planning permission.
Outbuildings
Garden rooms, sheds and other outbuildings to the side of the house need planning permission.
Demolition
Demolishing a building larger than 115 m³ needs planning permission. Taking down a wall, gate or fence over 1 m high next to a road (or 2 m elsewhere) also needs permission.
Trees
You must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting down or pruning most trees (trunk over 7.5 cm across at 1.5 m high), even if they are not protected by a tree preservation order.
Article 4 directions
Councils can remove more permitted development rights — for example for windows, doors, porches or front boundaries — with an Article 4 direction. Check the council's list below.
Article 4 directions in Worthing Borough Council
These remove some permitted development rights in the areas they cover — check whether one applies to your property before you rely on permitted development.
- Ambrose Place (31 January 1998)
- Church Road, Tarring (4 March 1975)
- Cowper Road (13 June 2000)
- Land West of The Plantation (28 March 1969)
- Tudor Cottage, The Heights (27 August 1956)
- Warwick Gardens (12 June 2001)
- Warwick Place (31 January 1998)
- Western Row (3 April 1979)
Conservation area and Article 4 data: planning.data.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always confirm boundaries and rules with the council before starting work. General information, not legal advice.