Planning application
Bentley House North Heath Lane Industrial Estate North Heath Lane Horsham West Sussex RH12 5QE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of building to provide 9 residential units.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0024
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0024
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Holbrook West
- Parish
- North Horsham PC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH12 5QE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jan 2026
Received by Horsham
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Horsham took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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D&M Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Godalming
Active · incorporated 2011 · Godalming
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
46 documents on file for this application
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