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Horncastle Care Centre Plawhatch Lane Sharpthorne East Grinstead East Sussex RH19 4JH

Awaiting decision Mid Sussex DM/25/1650 Full Application

Works: Demolition

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Demolition of the remaining parts of the redundant buildings in the western and southern part of the site; the development of a new specialist dementia care home (Use Class C2); the retention of an existing acquired brain injury (ABI) unit in the northern part of the site (Use Class C2), a retained access from Plawhatch Lane and associated car and cycle parking and landscaping. UPDATED Bat Survey received 25/09/2025.

As published by the council, reference DM/25/1650

Application record

Reference
DM/25/1650
Type
Full Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
26 Jun 2025
Validated
26 Jun 2025
Ward
Lindfield Rural And High Weald
Parish
West Hoathly
Postcode
RH19 4JH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Received by Mid Sussex

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 21 August 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 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

118 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 81 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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