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53 East Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9QJ

CA/26/0084Conservation Area Notification (S211)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 September 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell 1x Hazel and Surgery to 1x Portuguese Laurel.

Received
13 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 17 October 2026
Ward
Billingshurst
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 53 East Street Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9QJ. Horsham has handled 513 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. The site is in the Billingshurst conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Billingshurst. We hold 1,272 applications in total for the RH14 postcode area.

97% of heritage applications at Horsham District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH14 9QJ
Application type
Conservation Area Notification (S211)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingshurst PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2026
Consultation end
4 August 2026
Last date for comments
3 August 2026
Target decision date
24 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15078603
Documents
9
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Horsham

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