Land West Of Turners Hill Road And North Of Huntsland Including Hurst Farm Turners Hill Road Crawley Down West Sussex Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/0577 - Outline Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Outline application (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved), for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of up to 230 dwellings, a care home (use class c2) up to 70 beds, and community facility, and associated infrastructure including new access points off of Turners Hill Road, with associated spine road and car and cycle parking, together with provision of open space, play facilities, utilities infrastructure, surface water drainage features, and associated works. (Additional drainage information received 30/03/26 and transport information received 24/04/26) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Mar 2026
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Committee
28 May 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Jun 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 4 Oct 2026; it is now day 213. The consultation period closed on 10 Apr 2026.

Planning committee

Decided by Mid Sussex District Planning Committee on 28 May 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the housing, care home and other benefits outweighed policy conflict and heritage and landscape harm.
  • Residents raised concerns about transport, schools, local services, sustainability, drainage and wildlife, while others supported the revised access.
  • Members unanimously approved the recommendations, with 12 votes in favour, subject to publicity, conditions and a legal agreement.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, objections, consultation responses and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Mid Sussex's committee minutes of 28 May 2026.

Site constraints 3

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 7 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 11 September 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
Outline Application
Postcode
RH10 4NB
Received
5 Mar 2026
Validated
5 Mar 2026
Ward
Crawley Down
Parish
Worth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Jun 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 213, past the statutory target. 57% of changes of use in Mid Sussex are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Sept 2026.

Day 213122 days past the 91-day target
46%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 →

Public comments

30comments received
2 objecting28 supporting

93% support · above the UK average of 16%

146 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14691424
Comments by
10 Apr 2026
Committee
28 May 2026
Statutory expiry
4 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mid Sussex
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#161 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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