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2 - 8 Sussex Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EA

Refused Mid Sussex DM/24/2152 Prior Not. Comm. to Dwell house Class MA

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from commercial floorspace (Class E) to form 2 x self-contained flats (Class C3). Amended Plans and additional supporting information received 28.11.2024.

As published by the council, reference DM/24/2152

Application record

Reference
DM/24/2152
Type
Prior Not. Comm. to Dwell house Class MA
Status
Refused
Decision
Prior Approval is Refused
Received
4 Sep 2024
Validated
4 Sep 2024
Decided
18 Dec 2024
Ward
Haywards Heath - Ashenground
Parish
Haywards Heath
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RH16 4EA

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Sep 2024

    Received by Mid Sussex

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Prior Approval is Refused

  3. 31 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

47 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Mid Sussex is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

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