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

DC/18/0689Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 October 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use, restoration and extension of existing green house for use as a ticket office/gift shop, extension of toilet block, external works to existing car park to create a formalised parking arrangement, upgrade works to two of the existing access points and associated works and landscaping associated with the opening of Leonardslee House and Gardens to the public.

Received
30 March 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nuthurst and Lower Beeding
Agent
Donald Insall Associates
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Leonardslee Gardens Brighton Road Lower Beeding Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PP. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 194 days, 20 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 13 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
11 April 2018
Consultation expiry
25 September 2018
Consultation end
25 September 2018
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2018
Last date for comments
15 June 2018
Target decision date
11 July 2018

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 June 2018
Site notice end
7 June 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06858482
Documents
193
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Registered park and garden: Leonardslee
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 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.

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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    22 Dec

    Install CBT (connectorized block terminal) to external wall.

    ApprovedTelecommunications Notification (28days)DC/25/2167
  2. 2022
    6 Jun

    Installation of permanent sculptures within the grounds of Leonardslee Lake and Gardens.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/22/1065
  3. 2022
    26 May

    Variation of Condition 1 of previously approved application DC/20/0119

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/22/1003
  4. 2021
    29 Mar

    Installation of a sculpture to the side of the main dwelling on a temporary basis, for a maximum period of 12…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/21/0737
  5. 2020
    6 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (written scheme of investigation - archaeological evaluation…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/20/0264
  6. 2020
    19 Aug

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (Written scheme of archaeological investigation only), 6…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/20/0219

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