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Downlands Park Care Home Bolnore Farm Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BQ

Granted Mid Sussex DM/20/4159 Full Application

Works: New dwelling Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Erection of part two, part three and part four storey building comprising 70 extra care apartments with community hub, guest suite and staff facilities together with 15 extra care cottages (85 in total), pavilion, parking and access to form a Continuing Care Retirement Community following demolition of existing care home. Additional highways information received 28th January 2021 (Amended plans received 9th March showing a revised design and a reduction in the number of proposed units to 81)

As published by the council, reference DM/20/4159

Application record

Reference
DM/20/4159
Type
Full Application
Status
Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Permission
Received
4 Nov 2020
Validated
26 Nov 2020
Decided
17 Mar 2022
Ward
Haywards Heath - Lucastes
Parish
Haywards Heath
Decision by
District Committee
Postcode
RH16 4BQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Mid Sussex register

This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/25/2452 Granted

    Downlands Park Care Home Bolnore Farm Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BQ

    Vary condition 24 relating to planning reference DM/20/4159 to substitute amended plans.

    Decided 26 Nov 2025
  • DM/25/2246 Granted

    Downlands Park Care Home Bolnore Farm Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BQ

    Non Material Amendment to application DM/20/4159 - Amend description of development to read: Erection of part two, part three and part four storey building of apartments with community hub together with 15 cottages, to provide extra care facilities, following the demolition of existing care home.

    Decided 19 Sep 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Nov 2020

    Received by Mid Sussex

  2. 26 Nov 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 17 Mar 2022

    Decision issued: Permission

  4. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • DM/25/2452 Granted

    Downlands Park Care Home Bolnore Farm Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BQ

    Vary condition 24 relating to planning reference DM/20/4159 to substitute amended plans.

    Decided 26 Nov 2025
  • DM/25/2246 Granted

    Downlands Park Care Home Bolnore Farm Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4BQ

    Non Material Amendment to application DM/20/4159 - Amend description of development to read: Erection of part two, part three and part four storey building of apartments with community hub together with 15 cottages, to provide extra care facilities, following the demolition of existing care home.

    Decided 19 Sep 2025 Amendments

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

289 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Mid Sussex granted permission on 17 March 2022, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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