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Budgens Worthing Road Southwater West Sussex RH13 9HE

DC/25/1165Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 8 October 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of two external condenser units. (Retrospective).

Received
15 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southwater South and Shipley
Agent
Fulcrum Design Ltd
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Budgens Worthing Road Southwater West Sussex RH13 9HE. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 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 50 applications across Southwater South and Shipley. We hold 2,379 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 siting of the installed condenser units in relation to existing neighbouring properties and absence of any noise mitigation measures to mitigate against any harm has an unacceptable impact on neighbouring amenity by way of adverse noise impact, contrary to Policy 33(2) of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015). Schedule of plans/documents: Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Site plan Elevations 08-19-322 15.08.2025 Supporting Statement Heritage NONE 15.08.2025 Supporting Statement Planning NONE 15.08.2025 Supporting Docs Noise Impact Report NONE 15.07.2025 Location & Block plan 08-19-322A 15.08.2025

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH13 9HE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Southwater PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 August 2025
Consultation expiry
18 September 2025
Consultation end
11 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2025
Last date for comments
18 September 2025
Target decision date
10 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fulcrum Design Ltd
Architect profile
FULCRUM DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 7 Design House Guildford Road Bookham KT23 4HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 September 2025
Site notice end
17 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14175246
Documents
15
Constraints
44

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.

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

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