Plans for car-free apartments in Worthing, changes at Highways England depot in Ford and development at community farm in Sompting are among recent applications and notifications on the Public Notice Portal.

• Plans to replace cabins with a new office building at the Highways England works depot in Ford have been submitted to Arun District Council.

Portakbin Limited has made the application for the depot in Ford Lane, Ford, on behalf of Kier Transportation.

Permission is sought for the demolition of the existing storage container and replacement with a single-storey office and welfare facilities.

The original Worthing railway station and the adjacent car park, where the apartments are planned. Picture: Google Maps

placeholder image — The original Worthing railway station and the adjacent car park, where the apartments are planned. Picture: Google Maps

Kier states: "The works required at Ford Depot include the removal of the existing cabins and their replacement with a new office building, as well as the construction of a new garage for the gritter lorries and traffic management vehicles adjacent to the existing salt barn."

A preliminary ecological assessment has been made and Jonathan Best, Arun's ecology officer, has recommended no objection subject to conditions.

Recommended conditions include bird boxes, reseeding bare areas and native planting.

Comments to be made by December 27.

Entrance gate to The Fen Farm, with new hedging planted. Picture: Planning documents

• Plans for a block of 29 car-free apartments adjacent to the original Worthing railway station have been submitted.

Following a planning notice published in the Worthing Herald and Littlehampton Gazette on November 6, stating that 29 new apartments were proposed above an existing private car park for a small site along Railway Approach, Worthing, adjacent to Morrisons' service yard, further details have been revealed.

A planning application for a five to seven-storey building with 29 self-contained residential units, including undercroft parking and cycle store linked to a listed building, has been submitted to Worthing Borough Council.

The site is the open car park adjacent to Sandell House, now part of Capella House, in Railway Approach, Worthing. The station house part of the property is Grade II listed, as it was built in 1845 as the original Worthing Railway Station, before being converted into two cottages after 1859.

The entrance to Highways England's Ford depot. Picture: Google Maps

PPML Consulting Ltd has made the application, stating the apartments are a car-free scheme, on behalf of the Cappella Partnership. The car park, to the west of Morrisons' service yard, currently serves Capella House.

A separate application has been submitted for listed building consent for a single-storey extension to connect to the new residential building, in association with the planning application.

• A hybrid planning application, building on a charity-based community farm and horticulture project in Sompting, has been submitted to Adur District Council.

The Fen Farm occupies land to the south of Test Road, on the Sompting Estate. The application has been made by Nicolas Pople Architects Ltd on behalf of the estate's managing trustee, Mike Tristram, for The Sompting Settlement.

The hybrid planning application comprises three separate elements. Outline planning permission is sought for an animal barn, an additional polytunnel and nature trail, alongside permission for the permanent retention of the existing temporary shipping containers and compost loo.

Full planning permission is also sought for the phased construction of three new buildings to support the long-term growth and sustainability of the community farm, comprising produce storage, cooking and dining facilities, farm office, work room, toilets, plant room and store.

The farm project is a partnership between Sustainable Sussex and Sompting Estate, led by local volunteers, with aims to provide inclusive opportunities for growing food, promoting healthy lifestyles, supporting wellbeing, and engaging disadvantaged members of the community.

The new permissive pedestrian nature trail would reinstate an historical access from the public park to the north.

The new buildings, The Stable Block with produce kitchen, The Discovery Kitchen for teaching and serving meals made from site-grown produce, and The Croft, with expanded cooking and support buildings, would support the long-term growth and sustainability of the community farm.

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