Agricultural Storage Barn Wick Farm House Truslers Hill Lane Albourne West Sussex Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/0890 - Prior Not. - Agric. to Flexible Use Approved

Proposal

Change of use of existing barn (former cow shed) to B8 storage use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Apr 2026
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Approved
2 Jun 2026

Approved on 2 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Wick Farmhouse, Grade II, about 4 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1270 m away: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm; National park about 426 m away: South Downs; Priority habitat about 27 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Mid Sussex
Application type
Prior Not. - Agric. to Flexible Use
Postcode
BN6 9DX
Received
8 Apr 2026
Validated
8 Apr 2026
Ward
Downland Villages
Parish
Albourne
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Jun 2026
Decision
Prior Approval is Granted
Decision date
2 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 10 days faster than Mid Sussex's median of 65 for changes of use. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Mid Sussex in the last twelve months, from validation. Mid Sussex decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14814286
Planning Portal ref
PP-14814286
Statutory expiry
3 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Sussex
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#161 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Mid Sussex ranks #150 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mid Sussex decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #87 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #132 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #150 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #179 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
83 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
33 decided
1,115
Total decisions
93 refused in the year to March 2026