Skip to content

Cowshed Studio Hammes Barn Washington Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3DA

DC/26/0042Prior approval COU commrc/bus/serv to C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Prior Notification for the Change Of Use from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to form 1no. dwelling.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Steyning and Ashurst
Agent
Rathbone Miller Ltd
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Cowshed Studio Hammes Barn Washington Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3DA. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Horsham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Steyning and Ashurst. We hold 197 applications in total for the BN44 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Why it was refused

  1. The application building is subject of a condition (3) imposed under planning reference DC/08/677 which restricts use of the buidling as an artists studio only and for no other purpose. The change of use would not therefore be permitted by Article 3(4) of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended or Class MA of Part 3 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN44 3DA
Application type
Prior approval COU commrc/bus/serv to C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Steyning PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
8 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rathbone Miller Ltd
Architect profile
RATHBONE MILLER LIMITED
Agent address
First Floor 39 High Street Steyning BN44 3YE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14612648
Documents
11
Constraints
9

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.

Source: Horsham

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BN44

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report