Planning application
Thistledown Cottage Harbolets Road West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2LG
Works: Demolition
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Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 2 No. 3-bedroom detached dwellings and associated landscaping works
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0943
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0943
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- West Chiltington, Thakeham and Ashington
- Parish
- West Chiltington PC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH20 2LG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Horsham register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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DC/24/1112 Refused
Thistledown Cottage Harbolets Road West Chiltington West Sussex RH20 2LG
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 2 x new build dwellings (in the alternative to permission granted under DC/23/1906 Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to form 2 dwellinghouses).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jun 2026
Received by Horsham
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21 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 October 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
- Application: DC/21/1473 (Decided)
- Application: DC/21/2391 (Decided)
- Application: DC/22/0672 (Decided)
- Application: DC/23/1158 (Decided)
- Application: DC/23/1164 (Decided)
- Application: DC/23/1481 (Decided)
- Application: DC/23/1906 (Decided)
- Application: DC/24/1112 (Decided)
- Application: DISC/25/0067 (Decided)
- Application: HRA/24/0005 (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Dowsettmayhew Planning Partnership Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Brighton
Active · incorporated 2010 · Brighton
45 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 82% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
36 documents on file for this application
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Refused Full applications New dwelling Demolition 40 docsSeveral homes -
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