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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Princess Royal Hospital Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EX

DM/26/1801Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2026

Council decision: Permission4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of 3 single storey, temporary, modular buildings for medical use providing elective and surgery facilities, a staff welfare unit and new access ramp

Received
21 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 October 2026
Ward
Haywards Heath - Franklands
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Princess Royal Hospital Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EX. Mid Sussex has handled 2,577 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Mid Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Haywards Heath - Franklands. We hold 995 applications in total for the RH16 postcode area.

94% of full 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 4EX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haywards Heath

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Target decision date
15 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Forward Planning And Development The Studio@The Old Farmhouse 29 Banbury Road Chacombe OX17 2JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15091356
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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