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5 Hickmans Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BQ

DM/25/2552Prior Notification - Larger ExtensionsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval is GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.00m, to a maximum height of 2.95m and the height of the eaves to 2.34m

Received
9 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lindfield
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Hickmans Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2BQ. Mid Sussex has handled 485 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.

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
RH16 2BQ
Application type
Prior Notification - Larger Extensions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lindfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2025
Target decision date
20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ecotecture Ltd 31 Sussex Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14319959
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Oct

    Erection of a single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.00m, to…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDM/25/2552
  2. 2025
    9 Oct

    New porch, rear box dormer loft conversion, and internal alterations.

    WithdrawnLawful Development Certificate -ProposedFiled alongsideDM/25/2554

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