The Croft Surgery Barnham Road Eastergate PO20 3RP Data via plota.co.uk

BN/130/25/PL Approved

Proposal

Change of use of the existing building and associated facilities from a doctor surgery (Use Class E) to a place of worship (Use Class F) and all associated works and infrastructure. This application is in CIL Zone 2 (Zero Rated) as other development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Dec 2025
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Validated
6 Jan 2026
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Approved
3 Mar 2026

Approved on 3 Mar 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 28 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; Inside the Barnham (Arun) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, 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 2 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £815,000 in November 2025. Other property, freehold.

7 November 2025£815,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Arun
Postcode
PO20 3RP
Received
31 Dec 2025
Validated
6 Jan 2026
Parish
Barnham & Eastergate
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Mar 2026
Decision
ApproveConditionally
Decision date
3 Mar 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 5 days faster than Arun's median of 61 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

34%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
340decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Arun in the last twelve months, from validation. Arun decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Mar 2026
Arun
Planning Authority Score
8.9/10
Excellent
#4 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Arun is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #2 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Arun decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #187 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #97 of 296
99%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #2 of 296
12%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #4 of 296
45%
Minor dwellings approved
66 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
35 decided
794
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.