Public Notice Portal round-up: Plans to expand independent school in Worthing, add alcohol sales at a coffee shop on the Wiston Estate and make repairs at Lloyds Bank

• A South Downs coffee shop has lodged an application for a licence to sell alcohol at its premises.

Cranks Cafe is situated within the bike sale shop, The Bicycle Exchange, on the Wiston Estate at Washington. Alcohol sales would be 9am to 11pm Monday to Saturday, 9am to 10pm Sunday.

Owner Dan Lawrence has submitted a premises licence application to Horsham District Council and says he is planning to extend his business by holding a number of events, including quiz nights, club meetings and craft workshops.

He says: "The premises is large steel industrial sized unit that is being used as a bike sale business and coffee shop (T/A Cranks Café). The coffee shop area takes up about a third of the unit as you walk in and this where we are seeking the licence for. We have inside seating available for around 40 people. We are based on North Farm on the Wiston Estate, next to Chalk Restaurant."

• Alterations to an historical cottage in Salvington are planned and retrospective permission is sought for the removal of a chimney.

Matt Barber has made the application for Grade II listed Rose Cottage on behalf of homeowners Mr and Mrs Elshof.

The end-of-terrace property at 202 Salvington Road, Worthing, was part of the original cottage, constructed around 1723 and extended in 1808. The Overington family was associated with the site, including the forge, for more than 250 years and the 1808 wing is inscribed with the initials O.T.A.

The application states that it is believed the chimney on the east side was removed without consent due to unsafe structural damage following a storm but it is unclear exactly when this took place.

The council issued the owner with an enforcement notice due to the loss of the chimney, which had not been given consent.

In the heritage statement provided, it says the applicants were unaware of the removal of the chimney when they purchased the property.

The application for Listed Building Consent for removal of the chimney also includes the insertion of a new access door to the east elevation.

The addition of these new patio doors would allow access from the kitchen to a parcel of land to the east, a rear courtyard that has been unutilised and uncared for.

• West Sussex County Council has given notice that Nutbourne Road in Worthing will be temporarily closed from its junction with Shermanbury Road, southwards to its junction with Bulkington Avenue, to allow gas mains to be replaced in safety.

The order will come into effect on January 5 and remain in force until February 13. The order may remain in force for up to 18 months, or until the proposed works are completed, whichever is earlier.

Alternative routes for vehicles will be indicated on site. Access to properties on the affected length of road will be maintained at all times.

• A specialist school has applied to Worthing Borough Council for permission to change the use of offices to education provision.

DJM Town Planning Ltd has made the application for an independent school at 17 Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, on behalf of Hayley Tucker, director of services at Educate U West Sussex Ltd.

The planning and heritage statement says: "The applicant, Educate U West Sussex Ltd, is a specialist school providing high-quality, full-time education for 40 children and young people aged five to 16 with a wide range of complex needs."

The main school is based at 58 Chapel Road, north of the application site. In January 2025, the council granted planning permission for the change of use of 19 Liverpool Gardens from commercial use to educational provision and this has now become the school’s speech and language and occupational therapy centre.

The application seeks to allow Educate U to expand to create a science lab and classroom space for an additional 24 students and 16 staff in the adjoining premises, previously occupied by Boom Community Bank.

• Lloyds Bank has applied for permission for various works at the branch in South Street, Worthing, following the discovery of asbestos.

HLN has made the application to Worthing Borough Council on behalf of the banking group as part of an ongoing programme of maintenance works across the national branch portfolio.

The plan is to temporarily remove and reinstate the suspended ceiling and grid to allow for the removal and disposal of Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs).

External fabric repairs and maintenance include removing vegetation from parapet gutters and chimney, cleaning and repairing cast iron gutters and downpipes, re-fixing dislodged slates, replacing missing or damaged slates, reinstating loos or missing lead flashing and gutters, making good chimney flaunching, removal of modern roof lanterns at ground floor level and roof infilled.

The application also includes the relocation of the staff kitchen from second to first floor.

HLN says the proposal will not affect the architectural or historical importance of the Grade II listed building nor the surrounding buildings within the area.

"Works shall be kept to a minimum to ensure that the buildings heritage will remain intact and not detracting from the building’s external appearance."

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