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Birchwood Lodge Shaws Lane Southwater West Sussex RH13 9BX

DISC/26/0040Discharge of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7 and 8 to approved application DC/25/1325

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southwater South and Shipley
Agent
Mark Alford Design Limited
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Birchwood Lodge Shaws Lane Southwater West Sussex RH13 9BX. Horsham has handled 801 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Southwater South and Shipley. We hold 2,379 applications in total for the RH13 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 9BX
Application type
Discharge of Conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shipley PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 March 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mark Alford Design Limited
Architect profile
MARK ALFORD DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Heatherlands Bracken Lane Storrington RH20 3HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651297
Documents
7
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodlandNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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