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

03/01657/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 15 August 2003

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of disused former school to separate single house dwelling.

Received
3 July 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hurstpierpoint And Downs
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old School House 'Whistlers' Church Lane Newtimber Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9BT. Mid Sussex has handled 2,577 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker 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.

94% of full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newtimber

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2003
Consultation expiry
1 August 2003
Target decision date
3 September 2003
Committee meeting
14 August 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
100 Queens Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 3YB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 August 2003

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal Allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

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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