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Spear Hill Barn Spear Hill Ashington Pulborough West Sussex RH20 3BA

Granted Horsham DC/20/0093 Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application to confirm the use of Spear Hill Barn as a separate dwelling and in breach of Condition 4 attached to ref: AS/53/89 and condition 3 attached to ref: AS/69/00 (Certificate of Lawful Development - Existing)

As published by the council, reference DC/20/0093

Application record

Reference
DC/20/0093
Type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Decided
Decision
Application Permitted
Received
16 Jan 2020
Validated
16 Jan 2020
Decided
15 Jul 2024
Ward
West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington
Parish
Ashington PC
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RH20 3BA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jan 2020

    Received by Horsham

  2. 15 Jul 2024

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  3. 26 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

10 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

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