Land North of Jolesfield Cottages Jolesfield Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8JT
Proposal
Outline Application for the development of 9 new residential dwellings with all matters reserved except access.
- Received
- 16 February 2026
- Decided
- 11 May 2026 · Application Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 17 October 2026
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
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- ReceivedSubmitted16 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date13 May
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application at Land North of Jolesfield Cottages Jolesfield Partridge Green West Sussex RH13 8JT. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type and approves 76% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Horsham's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead. We hold 2,318 applications in total for the RH13 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The development would be located beyond a defined built-up area on a site not allocated within the Development Plan, would be located on land defined as a Local Gap within the West Grinstead Neighbourhood Plan, and would not be essential to this countryside location. The development would therefore be contrary to the overarching spatial strategy and hierarchy approach of concentrating development within defined settlements and advocating a planned approach to settlement expansion, contrary to policies 1, 2, 4 and 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015) and Policy 1 of West Grinstead Neighbourhood Plan (2021). Notwithstanding the absence of a five-year land housing supply, and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) 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 Local and Neighbourhood Plan policies in these regards.
- It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council that the proposal would not impact upon Hazel Dormouse, a European Protected Species, and therefore the proposal would be contrary to Policies 25 and 31 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015) as well as The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended) and the NERC Act 2006.
- It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Council that the proposed access arrangements would not lead to an unacceptable impact upon highways safety, therefore the proposal is not compliant with Policy 40 of the Horsham District Planning Framework 2015 nor in line with Paragraph 116 of the NPPF (2024).
- No s106 legal agreement has been completed to secure and monitor the proposed significant onsite Biodiversity Net Gain. Absent of the completed s106 legal agreement it has not been demonstrated that Biodiversity Net Gain is capable of being achieved and secured for 30 years as required by schedule 7A (Biodiversity Gain in England) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Schedule of plans/documents Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Supporting Statement Ecology Supporting Letter NONE 13.04.2026 Supporting Docs NONE 13.04.2026 Supporting Statement PLANNING STATEMENT NONE 16.02.2026 Supporting Docs BNG METRIC NONE 16.02.2026 Location plan EXISTING 2510LA_R5_000 16.02.2026 Block plan EXISTING AND PROPOSED 2510LA_R5_001 16.02.2026 Block plan PROPOSED 2510LA_R5_002 16.02.2026 Location plan EXISTING 2510LA_R5_003 16.02.2026 Supporting Docs LETTER FROM DAVID ARCHER NONE 16.02.2026 Supporting Docs TREE SURVEY SCHEDULE NONE 16.02.2026 Supporting Docs NONE 16.02.2026 Supporting Docs BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN NONE 16.02.2026 Plans TREE PROTECTION PLAN NONE 16.02.2026 Supporting Docs FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND NONE 16.02.2026
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Also checked, none recorded (24)
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