Public Notice Portal round-up: 123 new homes in Worthing, a new Morrisons store and new dog walking paddocks
Plans for 123 new homes in Worthing, a town centre Morrisons store, dog walking paddocks in Ferring and a wooden sculpture for Arundel are among recent applications and notifications on the Public Notice Portal.
• Bellway Homes has given notice of a planning application to build 123 properties on a former gasworks site in Worthing.
The notice under article 13 of the Town and Country Planning Order 2015 was published on February 26, giving any owner of the land or tenant who wishes to make representations 21 days to write to Worthing Borough Council about the application.
Bellway Homes Limited (Southern Countries) is proposing development at the Durrington Gasworks site, in Martlets Way, Goring.
The full planning application will be for mixed-use development comprising 123 dwellings and commercial units, with associated parking, landscaping, open space and drainage.
The developer has already built Elizabeth Square on the site of the former tax office and is now planning phase two on land to the east of the Holm Oak Business Park and north of Juno Close, with access via Martlets Way.
• A new Morrisons store is planned for Worthing town centre.
A N A Supermarkets Ltd plans to open a Morrisons Daily at the Peony fashion store unit at 29 Montague Street, Worthing.
The company has applied to Worthing Borough Council for a new premises licence for a convenience store / local supermarket.
Times for alcohol sales are given as 7am to 11pm Monday to Sunday, with store opening hours being the same. An extention to the opening hours to 3am daily is sought from December 14 to January 2 and March 20 to October 1.
Representations must reach the Licensing Unit no later than March 16.
• Plans for new secure dog walking paddocks, replacing fields used by horses, have been submitted by a 30-acre equestrian business in Ferring.
Speer Dade Planning Consultant has submitted the change of use application to Arun District Council on behalf of Eastlands, in Littlehampton Road.
Permission is sought for change of use from equestrian to secure dog exercising and associated development. Comments to be made by March 19.
Background provided as part of the application for Highdown Paddocks Dog Walking Fields states the site already has numerous paddocks for horses.
The two proposed dog paddocks would occupy just over two acres, supporting the existing equestrian business. The owners say very little will change on site. Opening hours will be 7am to 8pm in summer, 7am to 6pm in winter, compared to the exisiting opening hours of 6am to 9pm.
• Detailed plans for a new 4.5m-high wooden sculpture for Arundel have been revealed.
Arundel Town Council has applied to Arun District Council for permission to place the sculpture near the Ford Roundabout, to the west of the town.
It will be placed on the grass verge opposite Warwick Court, an area of undeveloped land near the Ford Roundabout, at the junction with Ford Road and Torton Hill Road in Arundel.
The town council said it was a 'beautifully-carved sculpture of swifts in flight'. Comments to be made by March 19.
Greening Arundel was awarded a £250 community grant by the town council in September to support the Screaming Swift sculpture installation.
The alliance had been fundraising since August 2025 for a bespoke sculpture by local artist Simon Groves as part its Bring Back the Birds (B-BOB) initiative.
Greening Arundel previously commissioned Simon Groves to create two benches for Arundel railway station. The Railway 200 bench was funded by GTR and the Arundel bench was financed through a fundraising campaign.
• Ferring Cricket Club has applied for permission to install a new astro wicket - a double non-turf cricket training strip - at Little Twittens Recreation Ground.
The aim is to replaced the current worn‑out astro surface with a new ECB-approved synthetic surface, reorientated from east-west to south-north for improved safety and usability.
The strip will be slightly extended to ensure bowlers land on the synthetic surface rather than grass, preventing damage to the outfield and improving safety of players and walkers using the field alike.
Club chair Mel Hargreaves has made the application to Arun District Council. Comments to be made by March 19.
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