Land Between Muntham Drive and Smugglers' Lane Chapel Road Barns Green West Sussex Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0933 - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Erection of 31 dwellings with access from Chapel Road including roads, parking and open space. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 03:38

Application progress

✓

Received

9 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

30 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 29 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 91.

The consultation period closed on 10 Sept 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

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) agrees.

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 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Public footpath about 27 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.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.

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
Received: 9 Jun 2026
Validated: 30 Jul 2026
Ward: Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
Parish: Itchingfield PC
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Oct 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Andrew Black Consulting

Decision outlook

Day 91, past Horsham's usual 69 days for new homes. 66% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 29 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 910 days to the 91-day target

37%decided within 8 weeks

55%approved

6%go to committee

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

Public comments

2comments received

1 objecting1 neutral

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14989356
Planning Portal ref: PP-14989356
Comments by: 10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 29 Oct 2026
Env. assessment: No

Horsham

Planning Authority Score

6.6/10

Good

#75 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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