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1 Bens Acre Horsham West Sussex RH13 6LW

DC/17/1593Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 October 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use application to incorporate additional land within residential curtilage and erection of associated boundary fencing

Received
17 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest (Historic Ward)
Agent
Gaffney Architecture
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Bens Acre Horsham West Sussex RH13 6LW. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 2,379 applications in total for the RH13 postcode area.

90% of full 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 6LW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest NC

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2017
Consultation expiry
10 October 2017
Consultation end
10 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
10 October 2017
Target decision date
16 October 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gaffney Architecture
Agent address
Gaffney Architecture Kinsale Blue Comptons Brow Lane Horsham RH13 6BX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06205413
Documents
10
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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