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Bentons Place Hooklands Lane Shipley Horsham West Sussex RH13 8PY

Refused Horsham DC/25/1458 Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Notification for Change of Use from an agricultural building to 7 dwellings (Class C3 Use).

As published by the council, reference DC/25/1458

Application record

Reference
DC/25/1458
Type
Prior Approval CoU Agric to Dwelling C3
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval Required and REFUSED
Received
11 Sep 2025
Validated
11 Sep 2025
Decided
11 Nov 2025
Ward
Southwater South and Shipley
Parish
Shipley PC
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RH13 8PY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Sep 2025

    Received by Horsham

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and REFUSED

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Horsham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • DC/26/1515 Awaiting decision

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