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Leonardslee Gardens Brighton Road Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6PP

DC/25/1146Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full

Proposal

Extension to the visitor entrance building to house a new ticket sales area and café; Infil-ling roof to the former generator block courtyard, re-roofing of the Alpine House and in-ternal/external reconfigurations and link extension; Single storey winter garden conserv-atory to the Stable Block; Terrace extension to the east and internal/ external reconfigu-rations; Change of use from redundant staff offices and staff accommodation within the stable block to guest accommodation including extension to Honey Cottage; Change of use to the partial first floor of the Red House to staff accommodation; Small WC exten-sion, reinstated chimney stack, and roof alterations to the Engine House; Lightweight wedding pavilion to the lawn, south of Leonardslee House; Landscaping changes in-cluding to the forecourt of Leonardslee House.

Received
9 July 2025
Decision due
5 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nuthurst and Lower Beeding
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Leonardslee Gardens Brighton Road Lower Beeding West Sussex RH13 6PP. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 19 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.

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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
5 September 2025
Consultation expiry
26 November 2025
Consultation end
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 October 2025
Last date for comments
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Purcell
Agent address
First Floor 15 Bermondsey Square London SE1 3UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 October 2025
Site notice end
20 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14065169
Documents
298

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

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.

Planning history at this site

19 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Mar

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 12 (EV Charging points) to approved application…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/26/0075
  2. 2025
    8 Jan

    Retention of a garage / storage building.

    WithdrawnFull ApplicationDC/25/0024
  3. 2025
    8 Jan

    Non-Material Amendment to previously approved application DC/22/2229

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/25/0025
  4. 2024
    18 Dec

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 15 (management of overflow car park) to approved…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/24/0310
  5. 2024
    18 Jul

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 11 (hard and soft landscaping) to approved…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/24/0184
  6. 2024
    21 Jun

    Approval of details reserved by conditions 2 (architectural details) and 3 (specifications of external…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDISC/24/0159

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