Oakridge House The Street Thakeham West Sussex RH20 3EP
Refused on 26 June 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Conversion of existing barn to form 1no. detached self-build dwelling and associated works.
- Received
- 25 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington
- Agent
- MME Planning Services
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided26 Jun
Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Oakridge House The Street Thakeham West Sussex RH20 3EP. Horsham has handled 2,753 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington. We hold 2,890 applications in total for the RH20 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed development would be located within an unsustainable location in the countryside, beyond a defined built-up area on a site not allocated within the Development Plan and would not be essential to this countryside location. Further, the proposed dwelling is not sustainably located in relation to accessing local services and facilities, meaning occupiers would be highly reliant on the use of the private car for all journeys. The proposal does not therefore represent a sustainable form of development, contrary to policies 1, 2, 3, 4 and 26 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015) and paragraphs 110 and 115 of the NPPF. Notwithstanding the absence of a five-year housing land supply, and provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) at paragraph 11(d), it is not considered that there are any material considerations which would outweigh harm arising from conflict with the above policies.
- The proposed works to facilitate the change of use from agricultural to residential would result in a poorly scaled, detailed and proportioned dwelling set in a large domesticated plot, the totality of which would be incongruous in its rural setting. The proposal would therefore detract from the rural landscape character of the site and would not be in conformity with the requirements of Policies 32 and 33 of the Horsham District Planning Framework (2015) and Policies Thakeham6 and Thakeham9 of the Thakeham Neighbourhood Plan (2017). Schedule of plans/documents: Plan Type Description Drawing Number Received Supporting Statement LLD3892/ECO/SH 04.06.2026 Horsham District Council, Albery House, Springfield Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2GB Plans EXISTING FLOOR, ROOF AND 2025.498.01 25.03.2026 Plans PROPOSED FLOOR, ROOF AND 2025.498.02 25.03.2026 Location plan EXISTING 2025.498.03 25.03.2026 Block plan PROPOSED 2025.498.04 25.03.2026 Plans PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN 2025.498.05 25.03.2026 Supporting Docs APPENDIX A - APPEAL NONE 25.03.2026 Supporting Docs ECOLOGY EMAIL FROM LIZARD NONE 25.03.2026 Supporting Statement PLANNING STATEMENT NONE 25.03.2026
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- RH20 3EP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thakeham PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MME Planning Services
- Agent address
- 3 Bowness Close Ifield Crawley West Sussex RH11 0SN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 21 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14783548
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Thakeham Conservation AreaPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Art4049Next to the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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