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Sussex Police Authority Police Station East Court College Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LX

DM/24/1340Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 April 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing redundant Police Station to create 33 residential apartments. Demolition of existing south and west blocks to new build, re-use of existing east block including associated landscaping, parking, bin and cycle stores. Amended Proposed Site Plan received 17.07.2024 and Proposed East Elevation received 08.07.2024. Addition supporting documents received including Travel plan, Landscaping Maintenance/Strategy Plan, Drainage Strategy and Arboricultural Impact Assessment, Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, Street Views and CGI's. Amended drawings received on 09.09.2024. Additional details of proposed window and dormers, received on 06.09.2024.

Received
30 May 2024
Ward
East Grinstead - Ashplats
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 322 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Sussex Police Authority Police Station East Court College Lane East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LX. Mid Sussex has handled 2,577 applications of this type. This one was decided in 328 days, 40 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across East Grinstead - Ashplats. We hold 842 applications in total for the RH19 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
RH19 3LX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
33
Parish
East Grinstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2024
Consultation expiry
12 July 2024
Target decision date
4 September 2024
Committee meeting
13 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
WAS Architects 14 Chaffinch Walk Ridgewood Uckfield TN22 5YQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13042389
Documents
336

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: East Grinstead Police Station, College Lane, East GrinsteadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

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