Planning application
5 Orchard Close Scaynes Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 7PQ
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Change of Use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to children's residential care home (Use Class C2) for up to (2/3) children. No external alterations proposed.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/0540
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/0540
- Type
- Change of Use Application
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Permission
- Received
- 2 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 5 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Lindfield Rural And High Weald
- Parish
- Lindfield Rural
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RH17 7PQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2026
Received by Mid Sussex
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4 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Permission
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
75 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.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsAfter 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 full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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