Planning application
Floran Farm Hophurst Hill Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LP
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Existing Certificate of Lawfulness application for the use of part of an outbuilding as an existing dwelling.
As published by the council, reference DM/25/2889
Application record
- Reference
- DM/25/2889
- Type
- Lawful Development Certificate -Existing
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refusal
- Received
- 10 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 23 Dec 2025
- Ward
- East Grinstead - Imberhorne
- Parish
- East Grinstead
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH10 4LP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mid Sussex register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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DM/22/3676 Refused
Floran Farm Hophurst Hill Crawley Down Crawley West Sussex RH10 4LP
Change of use of land to residential garden land. (Amended description and amended plans received 23/2/2023 correcting location plan, amending site plan and plan showing extent of current and proposed garden land.)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Nov 2025
Received by Mid Sussex
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18 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Refusal
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
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Mid Sussex refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
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Refused Full applications 17 docs -
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