Brooklands New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YH
Refused on 3 February 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Erection of 2no. detached single storey self-build / custom-build dwellings with associated works.
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
- Agent
- MME Planning Services
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Dec
- Consult.Consultation1 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Feb
- DecidedDecided3 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Brooklands New Hall Lane Small Dole West Sussex BN5 9YH. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the BN5 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
- The development would enable a residential use 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 or an adopted Neighbourhood Plan. The development would be contrary to the overarching strategy and hierarchical approach of concentrating development within the main settlements and is not essential to its countryside location. There are no material considerations which outweigh this harm, and the proposal represents unsustainable development contrary to Policies 1, 2, 3, 4, and 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015), Policy 1 of the Henfield Neighbourhood Plan (2021) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
- The siting and layout of the proposed development would relate unsympathetically with the existing pattern of development and would represent overdevelopment of a backland setting. The proposal would result in a loss of the open rural character to the rear of the application site and would be in terms of scale and appearance, visually incongruous with the dwellings within the locality. Given the harm arising from the proposal, the development would be contrary to Policies 25, 32 and 33 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015). Schedule of plans/documents: Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Location plan 2507BR_000 09.12.2025 Block plan Proposed 2507BR_001 01.12.2025 Horsham District Council, Albery House, Springfield Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2GB Floor plan Proposed Unit 1 2507BR_100 01.12.2025 Elevation plan Proposed Unit 1 2507BR_101 01.12.2025 Floor plan Proposed Unit 2 2507BR_200 01.12.2025 Elevation plan Proposed Unit 2 2507BR_201 01.12.2025 Supporting Statement Planning P-028 REV 1 01.12.2025
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- BN5 9YH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Henfield PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MME Planning Services
- Agent address
- 3 Bowness Close Ifield Crawley West Sussex RH11 0SN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14504216
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202417 Jul
Erection of 2No. detached dwellings with associated works.
RefusedFull ApplicationDC/24/1101 - 20239 Aug
Erection of an ancillary outbuilding (Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed)
RefusedCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevDC/23/1527 - 202321 Mar
Erection of an ancillary outbuilding (Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed).
RefusedCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevDC/23/0501
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