Cowfold Stores The Street Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BW
Proposal
Retention of an A1 commercial use at ground floor level, and conversion of part ground, first and second floors to create 4 No. residential units (Full Application)
- Received
- 6 January 2020
- Decided
- 7 May 2020 · Application Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
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- ReceivedSubmitted6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Cowfold Stores The Street Cowfold Horsham West Sussex RH13 8BW. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 60 days. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Horsham's median. The site is in the Cowfold conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead. We hold 2,318 applications in total for the RH13 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 20243 Jun
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 to approved application DC/20/0018
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/24/0127 - 20218 Jan
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 and 4 on DC/20/0018
Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsDISC/21/0005 - 20206 Jan
Retention of an A1 commercial use at ground floor level, and conversion of part ground, first and second…
This applicationApprovedFullDC/20/0018 - 20206 Jan
Retention of an A1 commercial use at ground floor level, and conversion of part ground, first and second…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDC/20/0019
Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 Apr
Erection of 1 no dwellinghouse in the garden of Cowfold Stores. (Full Application).
RefusedFull ApplicationDC/26/0575 - 20267 Apr
Erection of 1 no dwellinghouse in the garden of Cowfold Stores. (Listed Building Consent).
PendingListed building consentDC/26/0576 - 202330 Jun
Conversion of rear section of retail unit to 1no. flat (Full Application)
PendingFull ApplicationDC/23/1281 - 202330 Jun
Conversion of rear section of retail unit to 1no. flat (Listed Building Consent)
PendingListed building consentDC/23/1282 - 20218 Jan
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 and 4 on application DC/20/0019
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/21/0010 - 20099 Apr
Replace the existing front window like for like and to remove and reposition 3 of the existing air…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/09/0622 - 200819 Dec
1 Fascia and 1 Projecting sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consentDC/08/2584
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Cowfold Conservation Area
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/0296Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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