Priory Field Barn Monastery Lane Storrington West Sussex Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of volunteers agricultural storage barn to 1 no. residential unit. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Feb 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Horsham Planning Committee on 3 Feb 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the ecological concerns behind the earlier refusal had been addressed and there were no planning reasons to resist the conversion.
- Objectors raised concerns about the countryside location, traffic, overdevelopment, amenity, privacy, light and noise.
- The committee approved the application in line with the officer recommendation, adding a water-use condition.
Source: Plota analysis of Horsham's committee minutes of 3 Feb 2026.
Site constraints 8
Checked on 17 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 137 days from validation, 56 days slower than Horsham's median of 81 for full applications. Approved, as 78% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Horsham in the last twelve months, from validation. Horsham decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 30 Oct 2025
- Committee
- 3 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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.
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