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9 Knockhundred Row Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9DQ

SDNP/23/04565/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 10 January 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor from Flexible Use between retail (Class A1) and contact centre (Sui Generis) to Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service).

Received
31 October 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Council
South Downs
Ward
Midhurst Ward CH
Agent
Whaleback Planning & Design
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9 Knockhundred Row Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9DQ. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in the Midhurst conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 147 applications across Midhurst Ward CH. We hold 1,331 applications in total for the GU29 postcode area.

88% of full applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU29 9DQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Midhurst Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2023
Last date for comments
26 December 2023
Target decision date
1 January 2024
Decision issued
23 January 2024
Permission expires
23 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Whaleback Planning & Design
Agent address
Whaleback Planning & Design 91 Boundary Road Hove BN3 7GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12563260
Documents
18
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 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

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© 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.

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