Planning application
Land To The Southwest of Blindmans Wood Woodland Lane Colgate West Sussex RH13 6HU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural to dog walking area (Retrospective)
As published by the council, reference DC/26/0968
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/0968
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Colgate and Rusper
- Parish
- Colgate PC
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH13 6HU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2026
Received by Horsham
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4 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 September 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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This application is with Horsham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Horsham decided full applications in a median of 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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