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68 - 70 Church Walk Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9AS

DM/23/0140Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 March 2026

13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment of an existing two storey commercial building to create a four storey mixed use building through the addition of new floors over the existing building footprint (with partial demolition of the existing 1st floor) to accommodate 10 No. flats over the top three floors, retaining the existing commercial/retail use at ground floor

Received
17 January 2023
Ward
Burgess Hill - Meeds And Hammonds
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 1087 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 68 - 70 Church Walk Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9AS. Mid Sussex has handled 2,577 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Burgess Hill - Meeds And Hammonds. We hold 747 applications in total for the RH15 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
RH15 9AS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Burgess Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2023
Consultation expiry
13 December 2024
Target decision date
13 June 2023
Committee meeting
14 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Buchan Rum Architects Ltd 9 Savill Road Lindfield RH16 2NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11824700
Documents
116

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 60 - 64 Church Walk Burgess HillRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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: Mid Sussex

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