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38 Backwoods Lane Lindfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 2EN

Decided Mid Sussex DM/25/3243 Householder Application

Works: Extension Loft or dormer Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Single storey front porch, side extension, rear extension. Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front elevation. Amendment to existing dropped kerb.

As published by the council, reference DM/25/3243

Application record

Reference
DM/25/3243
Type
Householder Application
Status
Approved
Decision
Permission
Received
19 Dec 2025
Validated
23 Dec 2025
Decided
24 Feb 2026
Ward
Lindfield
Parish
Lindfield
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RH16 2EN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Dec 2025

    Received by Mid Sussex

  2. 23 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 24 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Permission

  4. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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After the decision

The process from here

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

About householder applications

How this application type works

Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden: extensions, loft and garage conversions, porches, outbuildings and similar alterations within the boundary of the home. They cannot be used to create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. Councils aim to decide them within eight weeks, and immediate neighbours are usually notified and given a chance to comment.

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