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DC/25/1269 - Outline Application Approved

Proposal

Outline Planning Application for up to 90 no. residential dwellings (including 40% affordable) all matters to be reserved apart from access. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2025
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Validated
19 Aug 2025
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Horsham Planning Committee on 28 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because housing benefits, the emerging allocation and landscape measures outweighed the identified planning harms.
  • Residents and the parish council objected over scale, landscape, highways, speeding, flooding, infrastructure and access for pedestrians and cyclists.
  • The committee approved the application in accordance with the officer recommendation, with revised access conditions and an accessibility informative.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officer advice, consultation responses, public speakers, committee debate and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Horsham's committee minutes of 28 Apr 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 19 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.
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Goblin's Pool Hotel, Grade II, about 11 m from the postcode pin · 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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
Inside the Rudgwick built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 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 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
Horsham
Application type
Outline Application
Received
5 Aug 2025
Validated
19 Aug 2025
Ward
Rudgwick
Parish
Rudgwick PC
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
ECE Planning Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 400 days from validation, 312 days slower than Horsham's median of 88 for outline applications. Approved, as 35% of outline applications here are.

31%decided within 8 weeks
35%approved
20%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

72 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14103140
Planning Portal ref
PP-14103140
Comments by
2 Oct 2025
Committee
28 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
Horsham
Planning Authority Score
6.6/10
Good
#75 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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