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Crays Cottage Crays Lane Goose Green West Sussex RH20 2LR

DC/24/0144Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 July 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing car barn to create a one bedroom dwelling including front dormer extension.

Received
25 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington
Agent
NJA Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Crays Cottage Crays Lane Goose Green West Sussex RH20 2LR. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 17 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington. We hold 2,892 applications in total for the RH20 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
RH20 2LR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thakeham PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2024
Consultation expiry
9 July 2024
Consultation end
9 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 April 2024
Last date for comments
9 July 2024
Target decision date
6 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
NJA Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Beehive City Place Gatwick RH6 0PA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
10 April 2024

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3353401
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 April 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12744607
Documents
37
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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