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Kingsfold Lodge Marringdean Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HE

DC/25/1788Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 February 2026

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

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Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of 1 dwellinghouse.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Billingshurst
Agent
Studio Here
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Kingsfold Lodge Marringdean Road Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9HE. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. 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. The development would be sited within an unsustainable countryside location, outside of a defined built-up area boundary, and on a site not allocated for housing development within the Horsham District Planning Framework, or a made Neighbourhood Plan. Furthermore, the development is not essential to its countryside location. Notwithstanding the absence of a five-year land housing supply, and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) at paragraph 11(d), it is not considered that there are any material considerations in this instance which would outweigh harm arising from conflict with Policies 1, 2, 3, 4 and 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015). Schedule of plans/documents: Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Date Location & Site plan NONE 27.10.2025 Supporting Statement Planning 0585 27.10.2025 Supporting Statement Water Neutrality NONE 27.10.2025

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH14 9HE
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingshurst PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2025
Consultation expiry
12 December 2025
Consultation end
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 November 2025
Last date for comments
12 December 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025
Committee meeting
3 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio Here
Architect profile
STUDIO HERE LTD
Agent address
Unit 2, The Square, Lewes Road, Forest Row RH18 5ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice end
12 December 2025

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

6006516
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
18

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Horsham

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