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The Orchard Cowfold Road West Grinstead West Sussex RH13 8LY

DC/25/2147Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the first floor from use as a self-contained (owners) flat to children's nursery (Use Class E). Enlargement of a first floor window opening into a door.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Agent
James Sharp Planning Limited
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Orchard Cowfold Road West Grinstead West Sussex RH13 8LY. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead. We hold 2,375 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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Application details

Postcode
RH13 8LY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Grinstead PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
James Sharp Planning Limited
Agent address
2 Pickering Lane Orpington BR5 1FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14397281
Documents
12
Constraints
16

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

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.

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