Beaubush Castle, Horsham Road, Bewbush, Crawley
Approved on 8 December 2025
Council decision: PERMITDelegated (officer decision)17 conditions
Proposal
Retention of the house as built with alterations to the elevations including the partial demolition and reconstruction of the upper walls and castellations to reduce the overall building height by 1.2 metres, removal of the ornamentation and statues, replacement of stone banding with brickwork and replacement of balustrades. Removal of the entrance staircase from south elevation, removal of the boiler room and removal of one annex. Internal reconfiguration of floorspace at ground and first floor level to create a 6-bedroom dwelling.
- Received
- 3 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Crawley Borough Council
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 308 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Beaubush Castle, Horsham Road, Bewbush, Crawley. Crawley has handled 733 applications of this type. This one was decided in 308 days, 36 weeks longer than Crawley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 449 applications in total for the RH11 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- RH11 8XW
- Application type
- Status
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 3 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 25 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Broad Hinton Twyford RG10 0LQ FAO Mr Jon Bishop
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 311 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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