Plans for new block of Worthing flats in Marine Place

The application from Star Property Investment and Management Ltd will be discussed during a meeting of the planning committee on Wednesday (February 22).

Planning officers have recommended it for approval.

If the committee agrees, the storage buildings currently on the site will be demolished to make way for the three-storey block.

As well as the nine flats, the development includes additional studio/office space at the lower ground-floor level.

The council received objections from neighbours raising concerns about the new building’s impact on their privacy.

Comments from The Worthing Society described the proposed building as ‘rather bland’, with concerns that it could bring ‘a sense of enclosure’ to neighbouring Grade II Listed Bedford Row.

The Society added: “The Worthing Society would have preferred two-storey town houses rather than a three-storey block to better complement existing buildings and lessen the effect on neighbours.”