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The Old School House 'Whistlers' Church Lane Newtimber Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BT

02/01657/COUChange of Use ApplicationRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 4 October 2002

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of dis-used former school house to separate single house residential dwelling.

Received
29 July 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old School House 'Whistlers' Church Lane Newtimber Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BT. Mid Sussex has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the BN6 postcode area.

80% of amendment applications at Mid Sussex District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN6 9BT
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newtimber

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2002
Consultation expiry
30 August 2002
Target decision date
23 September 2002
Committee meeting
3 October 2002
Decision issued
7 October 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
30 Newtown Road Hove East Sussex

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 August 2002

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 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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© 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: Mid Sussex

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