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Great Betley Farm Stonepit Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9QT

DC/24/0265Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 September 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from agriculture to storage.

Received
16 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Henfield
Agent
Speer Dade Planning Consultants
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 215 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Great Betley Farm Stonepit Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9QT. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 215 days, 23 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Henfield. We hold 1,070 applications in total for the BN5 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
BN5 9QT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Henfield PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2024
Consultation expiry
17 September 2024
Consultation end
17 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2024
Last date for comments
17 September 2024
Target decision date
12 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Speer Dade Planning Consultants
Agent address
29 Kings Drive Hassocks BN6 8DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
1 May 2024

Appeal history

3361902
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 July 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12607034
Documents
19
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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