South Lodge Stonehurst Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN Data via plota.co.uk

DM/25/2007 - Householder Application Withdrawn
Extensions & alterationsSolar & renewables

Proposal

Proposed new porch and remodelled roof to include solar panels with internal alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Aug 2025
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Validated
24 Jul 2026
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Withdrawn
24 Jul 2026

Withdrawn on 24 Jul 2026 · Not Determined · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

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.
Registered park or garden: Stonehurst
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 432 m away: Wakehurst & Chiddingly Woods SSSI.
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
Householder Application
Postcode
RH17 6TN
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill
Parish
Ardingly
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Withdrawn
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Not Determined
Applicant
Show
Agent
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14242281
Planning Portal ref
PP-14242281
Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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Reinstatement of observatory tower, proposed construction of orangery and associated work…
DM/25/2231
2025 Approved
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Construction of an infill extension. Conversion of an existing garage bay into habitable…
DM/25/1533
2025 Approved
Stonehurst, North Lodge Selsfield Road Ardingly Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 6TN
Construction of an infill extension. Conversion of an existing garage bay into habitable…
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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