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Station Goods Yard Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JA

DM/24/2531Prior Notification - TelecommunicationRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 9 May 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval is RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

The installation of 1 No. 25 metre high lattice tower mounted with 6 No. antennas, and 3 No. GPS modules, 12 No. cabinets, within a compound comprised of 2.4 metre high palisade fencing 1 No. electrical metre cabinet and associated development thereto. (Amended plans received 13.03.2025 and photo montage received 01.04.2025)

Received
16 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hassocks
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 197 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Station Goods Yard Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JA. Mid Sussex has handled 14 applications of this type. This one was decided in 205 days, 22 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hassocks. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the BN6 postcode area.

94% of all 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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Why it was refused

  1. The siting and appearance of the development is considered to be unacceptable and the proposal is not considered to maintain or enhance the quality of the rural and landscape character of the district. It would also adversely affect the views out of the National Park by virtue of its location, scale, form and design. The identified harm outweighs the benefits of the scheme. The proposal is therefore considered to conflict with policies DP12, DP18 and DP23 of the Mid Sussex District Plan and policy 6 of the Hassocks Neighbourhood Plan. As such the siting and appearance of the development cannot be approved.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN6 8JA
Application type
Prior Notification - Telecommunication
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hassocks

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2024
Target decision date
19 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Avison Young 11 York Street Manchester M2 2AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3366208
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 November 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13485917
Documents
103

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Station Goods Yard, HassocksRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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.

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.

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