Viscount House The Street Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BW

DC/13/2422Listed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 12 March 2014

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use and refurbishment of Viscount House from offices to residential use, demolition of the boarded timber extension, conversion of the stable block from office to residential and the erection of a new dwelling (Listed Building Consent)

Received: 19 December 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Horsham District Council
Ward: Cowfold,Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Agent: Boyer Planning

ReceivedReceived19 Dec
ValidatedValidated20 Dec
Consult.Consultation20 Jan
TargetTarget Date14 Feb
DecidedDecided12 Mar

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Viscount House The Street Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BW. Horsham has handled 513 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cowfold conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 2,379 applications in total for the RH13 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: RH13 8BW
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cowfold PC

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 December 2013
Consultation expiry: 30 January 2014
Consultation end: 20 January 2014
Neighbour consultation end: 20 January 2014
Target decision date: 14 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Boyer Planning
Agent address: UK House 82 Heath Road Twickenham London TW1 4BW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 30 January 2014

Additional information

Documents: 26
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Cowfold Conservation Area
Listed building: Grade II: Viscount HouseOn this site · +1 more
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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Associated applications

2013
19 Dec
Change of use and refurbishment of Viscount House from offices to residential use, demolition of the boarded…
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2013
18 Dec
Change of use and refurbishment of Viscount House from offices to residential use, demolition of the boarded…
RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideDC/13/2421

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