Staplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES
Approved on 12 February 2026
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission ref. WSCC/007/24 (Installation of Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) and associated infrastructure at land adjacent to Staplefield Wastewater Treatment Works) to amend connection between wetland cells 1 and 2.
- Submitted
- 29 October 2025
- Council
- West Sussex County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Oct
- ValidatedValidated29 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Staplefield Wastewater Treatment Works, Cuckfield Road, Staplefield, West Sussex, RH17 6ES. West Sussex has handled 12 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than West Sussex's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the RH17 postcode area.
100% of all applications at West Sussex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- RH17 6ES
- Application type
- Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ansty and Staplefield
- District
- Mid Sussex
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 20
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: West Sussex
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