38 Backwoods Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2EN
Proposal
Single storey front porch, side extension, rear extension. Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front elevation. Amendment to existing dropped kerb.
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decided
- 24 February 2026 · Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mid Sussex District Council
- Ward
- Lindfield
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- ReceivedSubmitted19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 38 Backwoods Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2EN. Mid Sussex has handled 2,573 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 58 days. This one was decided in 67 days, 9 days longer than Mid Sussex's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Lindfield. We hold 961 applications in total for the RH16 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202625 Sep
Variation of condition no 2 relating to planning application DM/25/3243
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DM/26/2381 - 202519 Dec
Single storey front porch, side extension, rear extension. Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer and…
This applicationApprovedFullDM/25/3243
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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