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Firs Farm Copthorne Common Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LF

Awaiting decision Mid Sussex DM/25/0708 Full Application

Works: Trees Several homes

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Proposal

Redevelopment of the site to provide 5 dwellinghouses with associated amenity space and parking; hard and soft landscaping; cycle and refuse storage; change of use of land to residential garden for existing dwellinghouse and associated access works. (Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Report received 18.07.2025, amended Heritage Statement 05.08.2025, amended Site Location plan and amended Tree Information submitted 30.09.2025 and 02.10.2025)

As published by the council, reference DM/25/0708

Application record

Reference
DM/25/0708
Type
Full Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
17 Mar 2025
Validated
20 Mar 2025
Ward
Copthorne And Worth
Parish
Worth
Postcode
RH10 3LF

Site history

Applications at this address on the Mid Sussex register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • DM/24/2053 Refused

    Firs Farm Copthorne Common Copthorne Crawley West Sussex RH10 3LF

    Conversion of two buildings to 1 x single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) with associated amenity space and parking provision.

    Decided 22 Jan 2025 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Received by Mid Sussex

  2. 20 Mar 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 15 May 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Mid Sussex took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

80 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Mid Sussex for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Mid Sussex decided full applications in a median of 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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