Planning application
Songhurst Farm Pigbush Lane Loxwood Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 0RA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective section 73a application for change of use from agricultural building to use for Sui Generis purposes comprising the repair, restoration and sale of motor vehicles.
As published by the council, reference 26/00980/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00980/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 30 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Loxwood
- Parish
- Loxwood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RH14 0RA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Apr 2026
Received by South Downs National Park
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11 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Downs National Park took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with South Downs National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Downs National Park decided full applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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