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Horncastle Care Centre, Plawhatch Lane, Sharpthorne, East Grinstead

WD/2026/8000/AAAdjoining AuthorityApproved

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE REDUNDANT BUILDINGS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE SITE; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SPECIALIST DEMENTIA CARE HOME (USE CLASS C2); THE RETENTION OF AN EXISTING ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY (ABI) UNIT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SITE (USE CLASS C2), A RETAINED ACCESS FROM PLAWHATCH LANE AND ASSOCIATED CAR AND CYCLE PARKING AND LANDSCAPING. UPDATED BAT SURVEY RECEIVED 25/09/2025.

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 14 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at HORNCASTLE CARE CENTRE, PLAWHATCH LANE, SHARPTHORNE, EAST GRINSTEAD. Wealden has handled 13,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 842 applications in total for the RH19 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RH19 4JH
Application type
Adjoining Authority
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026
Committee meeting
30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Martin Dale Oaklands Oaklands Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Ancient woodland: Horncastle House ShawPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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: Wealden

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