9 Riddiford Drive Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 8RJ Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/0373 - Change of Use Application Approved
Change of useExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Retrospective change of use to residential garden and erection of 1.8m high brick wall (part retrospective/part proposed) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Feb 2026
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Validated
25 Feb 2026
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Committee
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
14 Aug 2026

Approved on 14 Aug 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Mid Sussex Planning Committee on 13 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the garden and wall would not harm the area, open space, neighbouring amenities or tree.
  • Residents raised concerns about appearance, open space, the tree, amenity, drainage, design and retrospective development.
  • The committee approved permission after a tied vote, with the Chairman supporting approval.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Mid Sussex's committee minutes of 13 Aug 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

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), 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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £410,000 in June 2025. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

27 June 2025£410,000New build

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

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Important details

Council
Mid Sussex
Application type
Change of Use Application
Postcode
RH15 8RJ
Received
13 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Feb 2026
Ward
Burgess Hill - Dunstall
Parish
Burgess Hill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Apr 2026
Decision
Permission
Decision date
14 Aug 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Brookworth (Burgess Hill) Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 170 days from validation, 104 days slower than Mid Sussex's median of 66 for changes of use. Approved, as 86% of changes of use here are.

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

1comment received
1 objecting

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14585111
Committee
13 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

16 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn
Retrospective change of use to residential garden land and erection of fence
DM/25/2735
2025 Withdrawn
Retrospective change of use to residential garden land and erection of fence
DM/25/2735
Within ~100m

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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