Planning application
Alderwood Ponds Horsham Road Steyning West Sussex BN44 3AA
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Proposal
Application to confirm the Use of 'The Dwelling' building as a self-contained, independent dwelling on a date four years previous (Lawful Development Certificate Existing)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0915
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0915
- Type
- Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 5 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Steyning and Ashurst
- Parish
- Steyning PC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BN44 3AA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Jun 2026
Received by Horsham
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 July 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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MME Planning Services Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Crawley
Active · incorporated 2023 · Crawley
70 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 73% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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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 lawful development applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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