Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• DM/25/1706 Granted

  Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

  Proposed demolition and removal of roof canopy and stairs to existing garage and replace with new wooden staircase. Proposed construction of rear extension to main house and extension linking the Dairy and Toolshed outbuildings. Proposed construction of new poolhouse and associated external and internal works, including window replacements.

  Decided 26 Aug 2026
• DM/25/1705 Granted

  Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

  Proposed demolition and removal of roof canopy and stairs to existing garage and replace with new wooden staircase. Proposed construction of rear extension to main house and extension linking the Dairy and Toolshed outbuildings. Proposed construction of new poolhouse and associated external and internal works, including window replacements.

  Decided 26 Aug 2026
• DM/25/1709 Awaiting decision

  Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

  Alterations and extension to residential outbuilding associated with Sunte House (Barn); external and internal alterations to remaining outbuildings (Stables, Cowshed, Byre); external and internal alterations to separate dwellinghouse (The Cottage)(Amended plans, heritage rebuttal and ecology rebuttal received 19.12.2025 and amended plans received 12.06.2026)

  Submitted 3 Jul 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 3 Jul 2025

   Received by Mid Sussex

2. 9 Jul 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 31 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 3 September 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.

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.

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• Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

  DM/25/1709 Submitted 3 Jul 2025 0m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~3 Sep

  Alterations and extension to residential outbuilding associated with Sunte House (Barn); external and internal alterations to remaining outbuildings (Stables, Cowshed, Byre); external and internal alterations to separate dwellinghouse (The Cottage)(Amended plans, heritage rebuttal and ecology rebuttal received 19.12.2025 and amended plans received 12.06.2026)

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Extension 96 docs
  Small domestic

• Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

  DM/25/1706 Submitted 3 Jul 2025 20m away

  Proposed demolition and removal of roof canopy and stairs to existing garage and replace with new wooden staircase. Proposed construction of rear extension to main house and extension linking the Dairy and Toolshed outbuildings. Proposed construction of new poolhouse and associated external and internal works, including window replacements.

  Granted Extension Demolition +1 130 docs

• Sunte House Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1RZ

  DM/25/1705 Submitted 3 Jul 2025 20m away

  Proposed demolition and removal of roof canopy and stairs to existing garage and replace with new wooden staircase. Proposed construction of rear extension to main house and extension linking the Dairy and Toolshed outbuildings. Proposed construction of new poolhouse and associated external and internal works, including window replacements.

  Granted Extension Demolition +1 146 docs

• Saxbre 14 Birchen Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SA

  DM/24/2078 Submitted 27 Aug 2024 107m away

  Proposed demolition of existing ground floor bay window, conservatory and garden house. Proposed single storey rear extension to replace conservatory. Replace existing curtain wall glazing to games room with new external masonry wall and windows. Erection of a new open porch. Replacement of flat-roof dormer with a pitched-roof dormer to frontage. New render to the front elevation. Relocate the front door and alter front fenestration.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +2 27 docs
  Small domestic

• Land To The West Of 38 Gatesmead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SN

  DM/25/2281 Submitted 10 Sep 2025 132m away

  T1 Oak - remove epicormic growth from main trunk. Reduce crown by 2-3m in all aspects and no further than previous reduction points. T2 Oak - reduce lower crown by approximately 2-3m and no further than previous reduction points. Reduce upper crown by 3.5-4m and no further than previous reduction points. Remove 3 lowest drooping secondary branches on 38 Gatesmead side.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 8 Gatesmead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1SN

  DM/26/1529 Submitted 18 Jun 2026 147m away

  Proposed single storey rear extension

  Granted Extension
  Small domestic

• DM/25/0590 Refused

  Little Reeds Farm London Road Hickstead Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5LY

  Engineering works: 5m high earth noise bund with associated landscaping

  7 Mar 2025 Full applications
• DM/26/1235 Refused

  Franklands Village Store Franklands Village Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 3RA

  Retrospective application for siting an InPost Parcel Locker.

  18 May 2026 Full applications
• DM/25/2720 Refused

  Kilnwood Apartments Rocky Lane Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4XL

  Proposed 6 two-bedroom apartments within a 3-storey apartment block

  22 Oct 2025 Full applications
• DM/26/0373 Granted

  9 Riddiford Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RJ

  Retrospective change of use to residential garden and erection of 1.8m high brick wall (part retrospective/part proposed)

  13 Feb 2026 Full applications
• DM/26/0766 Granted

  83 - 85 London Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 1EQ

  Conversion of the site into a Banking Hub. Single glazed aluminium framed shopfront replaced with new double-glazed anodised aluminium shopfront and external ATM and spandrel panel surround to ATM. Two new louvres at ground floor level to the rear.

  25 Mar 2026 Full applications