High Beech Farm Hammerpond Road Plummers Plain West Sussex RH13 6PE Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0466 - Full Application Approved
AgriculturalDemolition

Proposal

Demolition of existing stables and erection of a new 'Livestock' barn, and construction of a new gravel road. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Mar 2026
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Validated
24 Mar 2026
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Approved
19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 1
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 4. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 54 m away: High Weald
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £940,000 in February 2018. Other property, freehold.

2 February 2018£940,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Horsham
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
RH13 6PE
Received
16 Mar 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
Nuthurst and Lower Beeding
Parish
Lower Beeding PC
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 May 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Anchor-Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 7 days slower than Horsham's median of 49 for agricultural works. Approved, as 79% of agricultural works here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
51decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Horsham in the last twelve months, from validation. Horsham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14781116
Planning Portal ref
PP-14781116
Comments by
28 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Benacre Hammerpond Road Plummers Plain Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PE
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 to approved application DC/22/0323
DISC/22/0139
2022 Approved
Benacre Hammerpond Road Plummers Plain Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PE
Erection of a four-bay garage with storage above.
DC/22/0323
2021 Approved
Benacre Hammerpond Road Plummers Plain Horsham West Sussex RH13 6PE
Demolition of existing garage and storage outbuildings. Erection of a games/leisure build…
DC/21/2164
2021 Approved
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Horsham
Planning Authority Score
6.6/10
Good
#75 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Horsham ranks #105 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Horsham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #83 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #33 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #105 of 296
43%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #170 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
185 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
35 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
78 decided
1,319
Total decisions
111 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.