Planning application
Drury Lodge Cranston Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3HW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Existing Lawful Development application to formally confirm that Drury Lodge is in the correct planning class. As Drury Lodge is an HMO with 12 units, licenced to house up to 20 tenants, it should be in the Sui Generis class.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/2237
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/2237
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate -Existing
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permission
- Received
- 4 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 5 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 16 Oct 2025
- Ward
- East Grinstead - Town
- Parish
- East Grinstead
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH19 3HW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2025
Received by Mid Sussex
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5 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Permission
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mid Sussex granted permission on 16 October 2025, 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.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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