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5 Orchard Close Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PQ

DM/26/0540Change of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 June 2026

Council decision: PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 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 from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to children's residential care home (Use Class C2) for up to (2/3) children. No external alterations proposed.

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lindfield Rural And High Weald
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Orchard Close Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PQ. Mid Sussex has handled 293 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Lindfield Rural And High Weald. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 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
RH17 7PQ
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lindfield Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14732412
Documents
75

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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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