New affordable homes planned for Worthing's Caravan Club site
Released: Monday, 13 October 2025
Dozens of affordable homes could be built for Worthing residents in need of somewhere to live, on a site in the borough earmarked for new housing.
Councillors on the joint strategic committee of Adur & Worthing Councils have approved the sale of the former Caravan and Motorhome Club site in Titnore Way to a developer.
Completion of the sale is conditional on the buyer securing planning permission for 130 new homes on the land, of which 35 would be for affordable rent and 11 shared ownership.
Those living in affordable rent properties pay a maximum of 80% of the amount that would be expected for that home. All the affordable rent and shared ownership properties would be managed by a housing association.
Across the country there is currently a shortage of housing associations willing to take on properties but the developer of this site has an agreement with a partner to deliver the new homes.
Councillor Sophie Cox, the leader of Worthing Borough Council, said:
“The former Caravan Club site has been designated for housing for many years so I'm delighted that we are on our way to making that a reality.
“We desperately need more homes for our residents, in particular affordable homes because so many local households do not have somewhere secure to live long-term.
“But those homes must be in the right areas like Titnore Way, not on green spaces like Chatsmore Farm that our community rightly values so highly.”
The land is to the north of Titnore Way and sits between The West Worthing Club to the west, and woodland and a lake to its north and east.
It covers around 14.3 acres - roughly four times the size of the Teville Gate development site. It was previously used as a Caravan and Motorhome Club venue so is classified as brownfield land suitable for redevelopment.
As well as providing homes for 46 households on Worthing's housing waiting list and a further 84 much-needed properties for anyone to buy, the sale will allow us to reduce how much we owe in borrowing. This will mean funds that would have been spent on interest and debt repayment can instead be invested in services for the community.
Councils are legally required to designate land for new housing so the land at Titnore Way was earmarked for that purpose in Worthing's Local Plan. The designation of that site for housing was one of the reasons we were able to successfully fight to prevent 475 homes being built on the Goring Gap at Chatsmore Farm.
The details of the proposed sale were examined by councillors before they agreed to the sale. The name of the proposed buyer and the fee involved are commercially sensitive so will be revealed once the contracts have been agreed and signed.
Photos: The former Caravan and Motorhome Club site in Titnore Way, Worthing
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Page last updated: 14 October 2025