Leonardslee House Brighton Road Lower Beeding Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PP

DC/18/0687Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 10 October 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Interior and exterior alterations to Leonardslee House to facilitate the change of use of the basement and ground floor to mixed A3 (restaurant and café use) and D2 (wedding and function use), retention of B1 (office use) to the first floor, installation of extract flue, the installation of 30 no. permanent footings to facilitate the construction of a temporary marquee for D2 (weddings and functions), and associated hard and soft landscaping works including external lighting. (updated description)

Received: 3 April 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Horsham District Council
Ward: Nuthurst and Lower Beeding
Agent: Donald Insall Associates

ReceivedReceived3 Apr
ValidatedValidated4 Apr
Consult.Consultation14 Aug
TargetTarget Date30 May
DecidedDecided10 Oct

Decided in 189 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Leonardslee House Brighton Road Lower Beeding Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PP. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 19 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Nuthurst and Lower Beeding. We hold 2,381 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 6PP
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Lower Beeding PC

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 April 2018
Consultation expiry: 14 August 2018
Consultation end: 14 August 2018
Neighbour consultation end: 3 May 2018
Last date for comments: 18 May 2018
Target decision date: 30 May 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent: Donald Insall Associates
Architect profile: DONALD INSALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address: 12 Devonshire Street London W1G 7AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 18 May 2018
Site notice end: 9 May 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06853379
Documents: 124
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: LeonardsleeOn this site
Registered park and garden: Leonardslee
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

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Interior and exterior alterations to Leonardslee House to facilitate the change of use of the basement and…
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2018
30 Mar
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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/18/0688

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Horsham

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