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Woodhouse Farm Wheatsheaf Road Woodmancote West Sussex BN5 9BA

DC/26/1064Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 September 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 4no. dwellinghouses.

Received
3 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 17 October 2026
Ward
Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Woodhouse Farm Wheatsheaf Road Woodmancote West Sussex BN5 9BA. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Horsham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the BN5 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

  1. The proposed development would not constitute permitted development under Class Q of Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as development under Class A(a) of Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Order, comprising the erection of a new agricultural building approved under reference DC/25/1367, has been carried out on the established agricultural unit within the period of 10 years preceding the commencement of development. Accordingly, the proposal fails to satisfy the requirements of paragraph Q.1(g) of Class Q and the proposed development does not benefit from the permitted development rights granted by the Order.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN5 9BA
Application type
Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodmancote PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Consultation end
30 July 2026
Target decision date
29 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Coopers House Ditchling Henfield BN5 9EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15057921
Documents
9
Constraints
12

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

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© 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.

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