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DM/25/2977 - Advertisement Application Approved

Proposal

Site signage for The Arc Centre for Outdoor Sport. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Nov 2025
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Validated
24 Nov 2025
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Approved
13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Mid Sussex Planning Committee on 12 Mar 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the signage was appropriately designed and would not harm visual amenity or highway safety.
  • The parish council supported permission, and no other representations or consultee responses were received.
  • Members unanimously approved the recommendation and granted advertisement consent subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed signs, site context, officers’ assessment, consultation, committee vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording, from 0:07:20 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of Mid Sussex's committee minutes of 12 Mar 2026.

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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 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
Advertisement Application
Received
19 Nov 2025
Validated
24 Nov 2025
Ward
Downland Villages
Parish
Hurstpierpoint And Sayers Common
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Jan 2026
Decision
Permission
Decision date
13 Mar 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Mark Thomas

How this decision compares

Decided in 109 days from validation, 55 days slower than Mid Sussex's median of 54 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 97% of signs and adverts here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Mid Sussex in the last twelve months, from validation. Mid Sussex decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Committee
12 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Sussex
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#161 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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