Hole Street Farmhouse Hole Street Wiston West Sussex BN44 3DH
Refused on 9 July 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Prior Notification for change of use of agricultural building to 4 nos dwellinghouses.
- Received
- 15 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Horsham District Council
- Ward
- West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington
- Agent
- ECE Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived15 May
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation16 Jun
- TargetTarget Date9 Jul
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Hole Street Farmhouse Hole Street Wiston West Sussex BN44 3DH. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 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).
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Why it was refused
- The proposed development, by virtue of the scale and nature of the building works required to facilitate the development, which includes various structural alterations and the formation of a separate, integral and structural building shells within the barn, would go beyond what would be reasonably considered a "conversion" and reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwellinghouse. The development would therefore exceed the building operations permitted under Q.1(j) of Class Q, 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 3DH
- Application type
- Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wiston PC
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ECE Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 64-68 Brighton Road Worthing BN11 2EN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14938309
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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