Planning application
Land West of Ifield, Charlwood Road, Ifield, West Sussex
Works: Demolition
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Consultation from Horsham District Council for Hybrid planning application (part outline and part full planning application) for a phased, mixed use development comprising: A full element covering enabling infrastructure including the Crawley Western Multi-Modal Corridor (Phase 1, including access from Charlwood Road and crossing points) and access infrastructure to enable servicing and delivery of secondary school site and future development, including access to Rusper Road, supported by associated infrastructure, utilities and works, alongside: An outline element (with all matters reserved) including up to 3,000 residential homes (Class C2 and C3), commercial, business and service (Class E), general industrial (Class B2), storage or distribution (Class B8), hotel (Class C1), community and education facilities (Use Classes F1 and F2), gypsy and traveller pitches (sui generis), public open space with sports pitches, recreation, play and ancillary facilities, landscaping, water abstraction boreholes and associated infrastructure, utilities and works, including pedestrian and cycle routes and enabling demolition. This hybrid planning application is for a phased development intended to be capable of coming forward in distinct and separable phases and/or plots in a severable way (HDC application reference DC/25/1312)
As published by the council, reference CR/2025/0334/CON
Application record
- Reference
- CR/2025/0334/CON
- Type
- Status
- Status
- Objection
- Decision
- OBJECTION
- Received
- 4 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 2 Dec 2025
- Decision by
- Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2025
Received by Crawley
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2 Dec 2025
Decision issued: OBJECTION
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12 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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