Stanbridge Farm East Recording Studio Stanbridges Stanbridge Lane Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BB
Refused on 20 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval is RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Change of use from redundant recording studio to residential
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Ward
- Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 49 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Stanbridge Farm East Recording Studio Stanbridges Stanbridge Lane Staplefield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6BB. Mid Sussex has handled 6,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The application property lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The proposal therefore does not accord with all of the criteria set out under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2, of the GPDO (as amended).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- RH17 6BB
- Application type
- Prior Not. Comm. to Dwell house Class MA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Slaugham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14535752
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- 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, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Mid Sussex
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