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Highfields West Hill East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DL

DM/24/3051Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 January 2026

31 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of a care home (Class C2) and a separate building with additional care units (Class C2).

Received
13 December 2024
Ward
East Grinstead - Town
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 385 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highfields West Hill East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4DL. Mid Sussex has handled 2,577 applications of this type. This one was decided in 409 days, 51 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across East Grinstead - Town. 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 4DL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
East Grinstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2025
Consultation expiry
22 August 2025
Target decision date
7 April 2025
Committee meeting
22 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Bloomsbury Building 10 New Oxford Street London WC1A 2SL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13618623
Documents
153

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Sussex

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