Warden Park Secondary Academy Broad Street Cuckfield Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5DP Data via plota.co.uk

DM/26/2285 - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Application to vary condition 4 of planning permission . The school wishes to extend these permitted operational hours to 22.20 pm from Monday to Saturday and 19:20 hrs on Sunday or Public Holidays. (Amended description 21.09.2026) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 11 Nov 2026.

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    Conditions 4 variation sought

    • VariationApplication to vary condition 4. The school wishes to extend these permitted operational hours…This applicationDM/26/2285

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 434 m away: Blunts and Paiges Wood; Inside the Cuckfield built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 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
Full Application
Postcode
RH17 5DP
Received
16 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty
Parish
Cuckfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14915779
Planning Portal ref
PP-14915779
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
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