Planning application
The Retreat Forest Road Colgate West Sussex RH12 4TB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of Conditions 3 and 4 of previously approved application DC/22/0270 (Siting of mobile home for use as a residential annexe, ancillary to the main dwelling.) Relating to Water Neutrality.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0202
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0202
- Type
- Removal of condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 5 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Colgate and Rusper
- Parish
- Colgate PC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH12 4TB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Feb 2026
Received by Horsham
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31 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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12 Aug 2026
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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Gatwick
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8 documents on file for this application
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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.
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How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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