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Steyning Grammar Upper School Shooting Field Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RX

DC/26/0322Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 September 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)28 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part-demolition of existing teaching buildings, MUGAs and all-weather pitch. Construction of replacement 2-storey and 3-storey teaching buildings, flood-lit all-weather pitch and hard surfaced sports courts, with associated access, parking, landscaping and infrastructure.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 17 October 2026
Ward
Steyning and Ashurst
Agent
DHA Planning
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 194 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Steyning Grammar Upper School Shooting Field Steyning West Sussex BN44 3RX. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
BN44 3RX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Steyning PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
16 April 2026
Consultation end
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 April 2026
Last date for comments
16 April 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DHA Planning
Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 April 2026
Site notice end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14700913
Documents
123

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Oct

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3,4,5 and BNG to approved application DC/26/0322

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDISC/26/0329
  2. 2026
    23 Feb

    Part-demolition of existing teaching buildings, MUGAs and all-weather pitch. Construction of replacement…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/26/0322

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jun

    Surgery to 3 x Oak

    ApprovedWork to Trees with a TPODC/26/1041

Source: Horsham

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