Birchfield Nursery Kidders Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9AB Data via plota.co.uk

Pending DC/25/1828
Council
Horsham 6.6/10
Date received
around 19 Nov 2025
Date validated
19 Nov 2025
Postcode
BN5 9AB
Freehold owner
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Description

Demolition of existing temporary coffee shop facility and erection of a single-storey permanent coffee shop structure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 324.

Day 324, past the statutory target. 68% of full applications in Horsham are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

Day 324268 days past the 56-day target
36%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
192decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 3

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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project about 1010 m away: Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm
The site is about 1010 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
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Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Erection of a commercial building with offices, staff welfare and toilets.
DC/25/1830
2025 Approved
Erection of a commercial building with offices, staff welfare and toilets.
DC/25/1830
2024 Approved
Temporary permission to retain pop-up coffee shop, ancillary to the wider horticultural u…
DC/24/1411
2024 Approved
Temporary permission to retain pop-up coffee shop, ancillary to the wider horticultural u…
DC/24/1411
2024 Approved
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 6 (in relation to the closure…
DISC/24/0270
2024 Approved
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 6 (in relation to the closure…
DISC/24/0270
2024
Creation of onsite storage including barn and polytunnel.
DC/24/1448
2024
Retention and use of hardstanding (Retrospective).
DC/24/1447
2024
Creation of onsite storage including barn and polytunnel.
DC/24/1448
2024
Retention and use of hardstanding (Retrospective).
DC/24/1447
2024 Refused
Temporary permission to retain pop-up coffee shop, ancillary to the wider horticultural u…
DC/24/0290
2024 Refused
Temporary permission to retain pop-up coffee shop, ancillary to the wider horticultural u…
DC/24/0290
2023 Refused
Retention of existing hardstanding for the storage of outside plants and erection of a st…
DC/23/1563
2023 Refused
Retention of existing hardstanding for the storage of outside plants and erection of a st…
DC/23/1563
2023 Refused
Application to confirm the continuous use of building for Class E use as a Coffee shop fo…
DC/23/1536
2023 Refused
Application to confirm the continuous use of building for Class E use as a Coffee shop fo…
DC/23/1536
2018 Refused
Approval of details reserved by conditions 6 and 7 on DC/17/1067
DISC/18/0371
2017 Approved
Proposed creation of new access and vehicle crossover (VCO)
DC/17/1067
2017 Approved
Proposed creation of new access and vehicle crossover (VCO)
DC/17/1067
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

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