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Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG

DM/24/1787Prior Approval Demolition of BuildingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 August 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Is Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of a chimney that is not in use and in poor condition

Received
22 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burgess Hill - Franklands
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Burgess Hill School For Girls Keymer Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0EG. Mid Sussex has handled 485 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Silverdale Road and Birchwood Grove Road conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Burgess Hill - Franklands. We hold 747 applications in total for the RH15 postcode area.

90% of outline 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 0EG
Application type
Prior Approval Demolition of Buildings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burgess Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2024
Target decision date
19 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13259660

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Silverdale Road and Birchwood Grove RoadPart of the 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 (21)

flood storage 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Sep

    Revision to hours of operation of floodlighting, which seeks a permanent extension to the hours of use of the…

    ApprovedApplicationDM/26/2226
  2. 2026
    10 Sep

    Revision to hours of operation of floodlighting, which seeks a permanent extension to the hours of use of the…

    PendingApplicationDM/26/2225
  3. 2026
    27 Jul

    Proposed external alterations of Oakdene to include the formation of a new principal entrance to the south…

    PendingLawful Development Certificate -ProposedDM/26/1851
  4. 2026
    3 Jun

    Common Oak (T2) , Sycamore (T3),Sycamore (T4), Ash (T5), Group tree (G6), Group Trees (G7), Ash (T8), Group…

    PendingTree SurgeryDM/26/1379
  5. 2025
    3 Nov

    T296 Oak - Reduce long advantageous branch growing from top of large historical tear-out wound, by up to 2m…

    PendingTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/25/2822
  6. 2025
    1 Oct

    T 278: Oak - Reduce crown by 2m, height of 17m, lateral branch lift of 9m. T 284: Copper Beech - fell. T 296…

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/25/2475

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