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Abingworth Nurseries Storrington Road Thakeham West Sussex

DC/17/0758Non-Material Amendments ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 April 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Non Material amendment to previously approved application DC/16/0871 (Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the Abingworth Nursery site for 146 dwellings, comprising of open market dwellings, 51 dwellings for the 55 plus age group, 12 affordable dwellings, 20 key worker dwellings, village hall building (including shop and doctor's surgery), pre-school facility, community workshops/studio (957.5 sq metres), sports pitches and changing rooms, cricket pitch and pavilion, children's play area, access roads, open space and landscaped areas (including footpaths)) Change of roof tile from that previously approved

Received
3 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chanctonbury (Historic Ward)
Agent
Oakford Homes
  1. Received3 Apr
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Abingworth Nurseries Storrington Road Thakeham West Sussex. Horsham has handled 241 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 15 other applications at this address.

70% of amendment 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
Non-Material Amendments Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
146
Parish
Thakeham PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2017
Consultation expiry
9 May 2017
Consultation end
9 May 2017
Target decision date
2 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oakford Homes
Agent address
Hedsor Court Farm Sheepcote Lane Hedsor SL1 8PE Buckinghamshire

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
66

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    3 Apr

    Non Material amendment to previously approved application DC/16/0871

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/17/0758
  2. 2017
    27 Mar

    Modification of Planning Obligations to approved planning application DC/15/1242

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideS106/17/0004

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Jul

    Amendment of Condition 8 of previously approved application DC/18/2594

    ApprovedApplicationDC/26/1153
  2. 2021
    20 Apr

    Details pursuant to Schedule 8, Part 4 of the legal agreement for DC/10/1314

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsS106/21/0007
  3. 2021
    1 Mar

    Approval of details reserved by condition 5 to approved application DC/18/1838

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/21/0072
  4. 2019
    6 Nov

    Variation of condition 1 on previously permitted application: DC/18/1838

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/19/2267
  5. 2019
    9 Jul

    Approval of details reserved by condition 5 on DC/18/1838

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/19/0208
  6. 2018
    21 Nov

    Modification / Discharge of planning obligations to approved applications DC/10/1314

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsS106/18/0025

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