Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0NH Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0118 - Full Application Approved
AgriculturalChange of useDemolitionNew homes

Proposal

Conversion of a two storey brick barn and part of an adjoining portal frame agricultural barn into 1no. dwelling with associated landscaping and parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Jan 2026
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Validated
10 Feb 2026
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Approved
9 Jun 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Public bridleway about 9 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.
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.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Stables and Coach House Block at Muntham House School, Grade II*, about 14 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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.

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Important details

Council
Horsham
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
RH13 0NH
Received
26 Jan 2026
Validated
10 Feb 2026
Ward
Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
Parish
Itchingfield PC
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
White and Sons

How this decision compares

Decided in 119 days from validation, 70 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-14626278
Planning Portal ref
PP-14626278
Comments by
19 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Removal of Condition 3 of previously approved application I/24/99 (Retention of use of wa…
DC/23/2307
2023 Approved
Removal of Condition 3 of previously approved application I/24/99 (Retention of use of wa…
DC/23/2307
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Muntham Home Farm, The Linseed Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0NH
Prior notification for alterations to existing farm building to provide alternative acces…
DC/24/1998
2024 Approved
Muntham Home Farm, The Linseed Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0NH
Prior notification for alterations to existing farm building to provide alternative acces…
DC/24/1998
2024 Approved
Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NH
Install fix line broadband electronic communications apparatus 10m wooden pole
DC/24/1302
2024 Approved
Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NH
Install fix line broadband electronic communications apparatus 10m wooden pole
DC/24/1302
2022 Approved
Muntham Home Farm, Mobile Home Muntham Drive Barns Green West Sussex RH13 0NH
Application to confirm the continuous use of land for the siting of a mobile home for res…
DC/22/2352
2021 Approved
Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Erection of detached classroom building.
DC/21/0594
2021 Approved
Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Erection of detached classroom building.
DC/21/0594
2019 Approved
Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NH
Subdivision of dwelling into 2 dwellings.
DC/19/1120
2019 Approved
Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NH
Subdivision of dwelling into 2 dwellings.
DC/19/1120
2019 Approved
Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Erection of a single storey outdoor learning classroom building with associated groundwor…
DC/19/0563
2019 Approved
Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Erection of a single storey outdoor learning classroom building with associated groundwor…
DC/19/0563
2019 Approved
Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Extension to dining room on ground floor (Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed)
DC/19/0488
2019 Approved
Muntham House School Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NJ
Extension to dining room on ground floor (Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed)
DC/19/0488
2016 Approved
The Parlour Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NH
Prior Notification internal works to ground and first floor to convert to dwelling house
DC/16/0457
2016 Approved
The Parlour Muntham Home Farm Muntham Drive Barns Green Horsham West Sussex RH13 0NH
Prior Notification internal works to ground and first floor to convert to dwelling house
DC/16/0457
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