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West Street Baptist Church West Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4EY

DM/25/2480Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition and replacement of the front porch building with a new entrance area to the church. Changes to the side hall roof shape and alteration side hall elevation along with internal changes to the side hall. Addition of amendments to previous consents - new internal staircase to replace existing.

Received
2 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Grinstead - Town
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at West Street Baptist Church West Street East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4EY. Mid Sussex has handled 243 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the East Grinstead conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.

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
RH19 4EY
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Grinstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Consultation expiry
7 November 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14365374
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: East GrinsteadPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Zion ChapelOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: 1-5 Queens Walk and 22-26 London Road 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 (19)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Feb

    Discharge of condition no 1 relating to application DM/25/2480

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/0385
  2. 2025
    2 Oct

    Variation of condition nos 2, 3 and 4 of planning application DM/22/0738

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongsideDM/25/2479
  3. 2025
    2 Oct

    Demolition and replacement of the front porch building with a new entrance area to the church. Changes to the…

    This applicationApprovedHeritageDM/25/2480

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