Adur District Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Adur District Council is the district, borough or city council for Adur. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, West Sussex. ONS places 1,853 postcodes in use in Adur, in 7 postcode districts of the BN postcode area.

95% of homes and businesses in Adur can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 784 homes and businesses in Adur in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
19
Postcodes in use
1,853
Postcode districts
7
Towns and villages
4

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Adur District Council

adur-worthing.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

What broadband can you get in Adur?

Across Adur, 95% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 77% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre77% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)95% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)99% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Adur?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,548 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.

BandA year
Band A£1,699
Band B£1,982
Band C£2,265
Band D£2,548
Band E£3,115
Band F£3,681
Band G£4,247
Band H£5,097

Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Adur are at risk of flooding?

Across Adur, the Environment Agency puts 784 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 273 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 273 postcodes High: 486Medium: 298Low: 3,396Very low: 681

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Adur the Environment Agency counts 635 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (1.9% of all its properties), 700 at medium risk (2.1%) and 1,819 at low risk (5.5%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Schools, roads and care: West Sussex

Adur has two councils. The county council, West Sussex, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.

Everything West Sussex County Council does

Postcode districts with postcodes in Adur

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode area

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Adur.

Towns and villages

Is an address in Adur?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Adur covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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