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31 The Old Convent East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3RS

DM/23/2189Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed erection of a timber and glass side extension, enlargement of an existing window to form a door, enlargement of the external paved area and erection of a single storey swimming pool building in the rear garden.

Received
21 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Grinstead - Town
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a side extension at 31 The Old Convent East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3RS. Mid Sussex has handled 243 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across East Grinstead - Town. We hold 842 applications in total for the RH19 postcode area.

89% of heritage 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
RH19 3RS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Grinstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2023
Consultation expiry
29 September 2023
Target decision date
16 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Russell Taylor Architects 85 Blackfriars Road London SE1 8HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12402867
Documents
41

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)

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 (22)

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, 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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