The Old Bakery 65 And 65A High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HN

DM/23/2304Change of Use ApplicationApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 August 2024

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from Class E to residential dwelling Class C3 to form part of the existing residential property. Proposed and retrospective internal and external alterations including rear gates. (Amended Plans received 14/05/2024 and 20/05/2024).

Received: 5 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Mid Sussex District Council
Ward: Lindfield

ReceivedReceived5 Sep
ValidatedValidated19 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Nov
DecidedDecided20 Aug

Decided in 336 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Bakery 65 And 65A High Street Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2HN. Mid Sussex has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 350 days, 43 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Lindfield conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across Lindfield. We hold 995 applications in total for the RH16 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: RH16 2HN
Application type: Change of Use Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Lindfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 20 October 2023
Target decision date: 14 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: KERENSA, ORCHARD DRIVE WEAVERING MAIDSTONE KENT ME14 5JG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 20 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12427895
Documents: 117

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Lindfield
Listed building: Grade II*: WincoteOn this site
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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Source: Mid Sussex

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