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Mid Sussex Timber 79 Railway Approach East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BY

DM/25/3080Change of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of Use of part of an existing building used as a builder's merchant (B2) to self storage (B8) including associated parking.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Grinstead - Town
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Mid Sussex Timber 79 Railway Approach East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1BY. Mid Sussex has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 7 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

80% of amendment 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 1BY
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Grinstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Batcheller Monkhouse 1 London Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14442680
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 67-69 Railway Approach, 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 (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

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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