Sewage Works Near New Coombe Farm Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/2203 - Screening Opinion Decided
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) upgrades to enable compliance with enhanced discharge permit. Works include installation of a Tertiary Treatment Plant, Chemical Dosing Area and various plant, kiosks and ancillary infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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EIA Not Required
27 Aug 2026
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Validated
28 Aug 2026

EIA Not Required on 27 Aug 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 9

High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
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.
Public footpath about 8 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.
Ancient woodland about 11 m away: Old Combe Shaw
Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.
National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.
Habitat network: Priority Rivers
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Old Coombe House, Grade II, about 48 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 ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 8 m away: Deciduous woodland; SSSI about 498 m away: West Hoathly SSSI; Inside the Sharpthorne built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
Mid Sussex
Application type
Screening Opinion
Postcode
RH19 4PG
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Lindfield Rural And High Weald
Parish
West Hoathly
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
EIA Not Required
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chris Bartlett

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
HO/26a
Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
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DM/24/0359
2024 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Repair to cracked boundary wall. Take down damaged section of wall and pier and rebuild w…
DM/24/0359
2024 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Repair to cracked boundary wall. Take down damaged section of wall and pier and rebuild w…
DM/24/0358
2024 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Repair to cracked boundary wall. Take down damaged section of wall and pier and rebuild w…
DM/24/0358
2023 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Installation of new side hung timber garage doors to detached garage in the setting of a…
DM/23/2214
2023 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Installation of new side hung timber garage doors to detached garage in the setting of a…
DM/23/2213
2023 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Installation of new side hung timber garage doors to detached garage in the setting of a…
DM/23/2214
2023 Approved
Old Coombe House Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Installation of new side hung timber garage doors to detached garage in the setting of a…
DM/23/2213
2019 Approved
New Coombe Cottage Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Non Material Amendment to planning application DM/19/0045 - Change of doors from 8ft. wid…
DM/19/4450
2019 Approved
New Coombe Cottage Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Non Material Amendment to planning application DM/19/0045 - Change of doors from 8ft. wid…
DM/19/4450
2019 Approved
New Coombe Cottage Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Proposed wrap around two storey extension with new cladding to front elevation.
DM/19/2637
2019 Approved
New Coombe Cottage Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
Proposed wrap around two storey extension with new cladding to front elevation.
DM/19/2637
2019 Approved
New Coombe Cottage Station Road Sharpthorne East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4PG
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2019 Approved
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Mid Sussex
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#161 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings