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Land Adjoining Nuthurst Street Nuthurst West Sussex RH13 6GR

DC/25/1044Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of 4no. detached four bedroom houses with double garages and on-site parking.

Received
25 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nuthurst and Lower Beeding
Agent
L M Associated Ltd
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjoining Nuthurst Street Nuthurst West Sussex RH13 6GR. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Nuthurst and Lower Beeding. We hold 2,375 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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Why it was refused

  1. The development is within a countryside location outside of the built-up area boundary of any settlement on a site which has not been allocated for development within the Horsham District Planning Framework. Consequently, this scheme would be contrary to the overarching strategy and hierarchical approach on concentrating development within the main settlements. It has not been demonstrated that there are any material considerations of significant weight to justify a departure from this overarching spatial strategy. The proposed development would therefore be contrary to Policies 2, 3, 4, and 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015), the Nuthurst Parish Neighbourhood Plan (2015) and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the proposed development would have no adverse impact on protected species and its habitat, and to establish how the development will contribute to measurable Biodiversity Net Gain, contrary to Policy 31 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015) and paragraph 193 of the NPPF.
  3. The development, by reason of its overall scale, suburbanising effect and the loss of existing planting and hedgerows, would result in significant adverse landscape harm. The scheme would erode the established landscape character and the transition from the semi-rural setting to the wider countryside and result in harm to the setting of neighbouring listed buildings. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy 25, 32, 33 and 34 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015). Horsham District Council, Albery House, Springfield Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2GB Schedule of plans/documents: Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Date Location plan 16213.SP01 11.07.2025 Supporting Statement BNG Credits document NONE 12.09.2025 Site plan Proposed 1623.SP01 REV A 03.07.2025 Layout plan Site 1623.P02 REV A 03.07.2025 Elevation & Floor plan Proposed - House type O1 and 1623.P01 REV A 03.07.2025 O2 Plans Site Section 1623.P03 REV A 03.07.2025 Plans Drainage layout 1623.P04 REV A 03.07.2025 Plans Topographic Site Survey 1623.P05 REV A 03.07.2025 Supporting Statement Arboricultural Survey TSR 01 10.06.2025 Supporting Statement BNG Assessment NONE REV 1 10.06.2025 Design & Access GRM/1623 10.06.2025 Statement Supporting Statement Drainage GRM/1623 10.06.2025 Supporting Statement Preliminary Ecological Appraisal NONE REV 1 10.06.2025 Supporting Statement planning GRM/1623 10.06.2025 Supporting Statement Sustainable Energy GRM/1623.CO1 10.06.2025 Layout plan Proposed Drainage 1623.P04 03.07.2025 Supporting Docs Cover letter GRM/zyf/1623/B01 03.07.2025 Supporting Docs BNG Metric NONE 26.09.2025 Supporting Statement Heritage GRM/1623.CO1 03.07.2025

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH13 6GR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nuthurst PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Consultation expiry
8 December 2025
Consultation end
8 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2025
Last date for comments
8 December 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
L M Associated Ltd
Agent address
6 Clocktower House Lewes Road Lindfield West Sussex RH16 2LH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 October 2025
Site notice end
30 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
82
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: MicklepageOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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