Planning application
Wimblehurst Hotel 6 Wimblehurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2ED
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Temporary change of use of Hotel to provide a House in Multiple Occupation for Nursing Home staff.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0347
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0347
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 25 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 10 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Holbrook West
- Parish
- Horsham TC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH12 2ED
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Feb 2026
Received by Horsham
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10 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 5 May 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Enforcement: EN/26/0171 (Case Closed)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
DMH Stallard LLP Agent, registered in Brighton
Active · incorporated 2008 · Brighton
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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