Palmerston House The Street Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BP
Refused on 15 November 2013
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Notification for change of use from offices to dwellings
- Received
- 20 September 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- Cowfold,Shermanbury and West Grinstead
- Agent
- Rodway Planning Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived20 Sep
- ValidatedValidated20 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Oct
- TargetTarget Date15 Nov
- DecidedDecided15 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Palmerston House The Street Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BP. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Cowfold conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,379 applications in total for the RH13 postcode area.
83% of outline applications at Horsham District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- RH13 8BP
- Application type
- Prior Approval Offices to Dwellings
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cowfold PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 September 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 14 October 2013
- Consultation end
- 14 October 2013
- Target decision date
- 15 November 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rodway Planning Consultancy
- Agent address
- 9 Riverside Shoreham-by-Seas West Sussex BN43 5RU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Cowfold Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20155 Nov
Proposed loft conversion including erection of dormer windows and installation of a new window and roof…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/15/2515 - 20154 Jun
Proposed loft conversion forming additional 2-bed flat(Affects the setting of a listed building)
RefusedFull ApplicationDC/15/1257 - 201520 Jan
Prior Approval of change of use from office B1 to dwelling C3
ApprovedPrior Approval CoU A1,2,SuiGen to D2DC/15/0142
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- Rodway Planning Consultancy Limited · Agent for this application
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