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Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

DM/25/1706Listed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Proposed demolition and removal of roof canopy and stairs to existing garage and replace with new wooden staircase. Proposed construction of rear extension to main house and extension linking the Dairy and Toolshed outbuildings. Proposed construction of new poolhouse and associated external and internal works, including window replacements. (Amended plans, heritage rebuttal and ecology rebuttal received 19.12.2025)

Received
7 July 2025
Decision due
2 September 2025
Ward
Lindfield
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ. Mid Sussex has handled 243 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 133 applications across Lindfield. We hold 995 applications in total for the RH16 postcode area.

89% of heritage 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
RH16 1RZ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Haywards Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2025
Consultation expiry
8 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Whaleback 91 Boundary Road Hove BN3 7GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14145932
Documents
100

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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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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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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