Planning application
Westhope Lodge North Street Horsham West Sussex RH12 1RJ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Variation of condition 12 of previously approved application reference DC/10/0915 (Change of use from office to residential care home, repositioning of existing open fire escape and minor elevational alterations) to amend the wording to also include customers with learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0291
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0291
- Type
- Removal of condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Denne
- Parish
- Denne NC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH12 1RJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Feb 2026
Received by Horsham
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5 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 April 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Horsham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Horsham decided amendment applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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