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Finches Field Recreation Ground And Hemsleys Meadows Old Brighton Road South Pease Pottage West Sussex

DM/24/0114Full ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Improvements to public green space including new paths, tree planting, playspaces and improved drainage. Amended and additional information of play equipment received on 26.04.2024.

Received
15 January 2024
Decided
16 August 2024 · Permission
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Handcross And Pease Pottage
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 214 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Mid Sussex94% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at Finches Field Recreation Ground And Hemsleys Meadows Old Brighton Road South Pease Pottage West Sussex. Mid Sussex has handled 2,573 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 58 days. This one was decided in 214 days, 22 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Handcross And Pease Pottage.

Application Details

Reference
DM/24/0114
Address
Finches Field Recreation Ground And Hemsleys Meadows Old Brighton Road South Pease Pottage West Sussex
Local Authority
Mid Sussex
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Approved
Ward
Handcross And Pease Pottage
Parish
Slaugham

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Allen Scott Ltd 44 Newton Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1RU

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
15 January 2024
Consultation Expiry
16 February 2024
Target Decision Date
15 April 2024
Date Decided
16 August 2024
Date Validated
15 January 2024
Date Submitted
15 January 2024
Committee Meeting
15 August 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Permission
Decided By
District Committee
Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
16 February 2024

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12556259
Documents
99
Coordinates
51.080880, -0.206416
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Mid Sussex

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Oct

    Non Material Amendment to application DM/24/0114

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDM/25/2551
  2. 2024
    15 Jan

    Improvements to public green space including new paths, tree planting, playspaces and improved drainage…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/24/0114

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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, 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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