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Laura House, Unit 11 Jengers Mead Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9NZ

DC/25/1270PA COU comm/bus/serv to mixed inc 2 flatRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 September 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Notification for Change of Use from a single open plan office space to form 1no. two bedroom flat.

Received
6 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Billingshurst
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Laura House, Unit 11 Jengers Mead Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9NZ. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Billingshurst conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Billingshurst. We hold 1,272 applications in total for the RH14 postcode area.

83% of outline 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. Laura House is considered to comprise a series of separate planning units, with the ground floor typically Class E units which are self-contained from upper floors, which provide individual Class E units, typically in use as offices (unless subsequently changed to dwellinghouses). This notification therefore entails a change of use from Class E to Class C3. This change of use would not create a mixed use, with no historic interaction between lower and upper floor levels of the building. The change of use therefore goes beyond the scope of that permitted under Class G of Part 3 within Schedule 1 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Schedule of plans/documents The following plans and document were considered when making the above decision: Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Date Location & Block plan 25021-P-001 06.08.2025 Floor plan Existing and Proposed 25021-P-011 06.08.2025 Supporting Statement Water Neutrality 20250411P1 06.08.2025 Supporting Docs Noise Exposure Assessment 17087-NEA-01 06.08.2025 Supporting Docs Proposed Acoustic Strategy NONE 06.08.2025 Supporting Statement Prior Approval NONE 06.08.2025

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH14 9NZ
Application type
PA COU comm/bus/serv to mixed inc 2 flat
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingshurst PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2025
Consultation expiry
28 August 2025
Consultation end
28 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 August 2025
Last date for comments
28 August 2025
Target decision date
30 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14234106
Documents
14
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Billingshurst Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Billingshurst
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Source: Horsham

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