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Land South of Buchan Hill Reservoir Buchan Hill Pease Pottage West Sussex

DC/14/2700Outline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 May 2015

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 48 dwellings (including 22 affordable dwellings) with associated access, parking and landscaping (Outline)

Received
12 December 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Rusper and Colgate (Historic Ward)
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land South of Buchan Hill Reservoir Buchan Hill Pease Pottage West Sussex. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 13 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

83% of outline 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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
48
Parish
Colgate PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2015
Consultation expiry
16 October 2015
Consultation end
2 March 2015
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2015
Target decision date
17 April 2015
Committee meeting
28 April 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 October 2015
Site notice end
13 February 2015

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03823686
Documents
126
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodland: Horsham CornerPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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