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Maplehurst Farmhouse Nuthurst Road Maplehurst West Sussex RH13 6RB

DC/26/0503Certificate Existing Lawful Use/DevAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Application to confirm the creation of part grasscrete/part gravel track to access Maplehurst Farmhouse together with the use of a section of agricultural track for residential purposes (Lawful Development Certificate - Existing).

Received
24 March 2026
Decision due
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nuthurst and Lower Beeding
Agent
NJA Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 April.

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Maplehurst Farmhouse Nuthurst Road Maplehurst West Sussex RH13 6RB. Horsham has handled 241 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Nuthurst and Lower Beeding. We hold 2,379 applications in total for the RH13 postcode area.

70% of amendment 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 6RB
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nuthurst PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 April 2026
Last date for comments
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NJA Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Beehive City Place Gatwick RH6 0PA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14555348
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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