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Ewhurst Manor Brighton Road Shermanbury Horsham West Sussex RH13 8HG

EIA/26/0002EIA ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: EIA Advice GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Screening Opinion in Relation to the installation and operation of a ground mounted solar farm with all associated works, equipment and infrastructure.

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Agent
Gravis Planning
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Ewhurst Manor Brighton Road Shermanbury Horsham West Sussex RH13 8HG. Horsham has handled 569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Horsham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead. We hold 2,379 applications in total for the RH13 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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Application details

Postcode
RH13 8HG
Application type
EIA Screening
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Shermanbury PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Last date for comments
27 February 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gravis Planning

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
1

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

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.

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