The Slips West End Lane Henfield West Sussex BN5 9RG Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/1700 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of the land for the stationing of 4no. gypsy and traveller static caravans for residential purposes and 4no. associated dayrooms. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Oct 2025
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Approved
18 Jun 2026

Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Horsham Planning Committee on 2 Jun 2026.

Approved

  • Officers advised approval because unmet traveller need outweighed moderate landscape harm, subject to conditions.
  • Residents and the parish council raised concerns about landscape, highways, amenity, drainage, infrastructure and cumulative impact.
  • The committee approved the application in line with the officer recommendation, with a requested additional informative about regulatory matters.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and decision are covered. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Horsham's committee minutes of 2 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 4

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Catsfold Farmhouse, Grade II, about 13 m from the postcode pin
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.
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
National infrastructure project about 1121 m away: Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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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Important details

Council
Horsham
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BN5 9RG
Received
21 Oct 2025
Validated
21 Oct 2025
Ward
Henfield
Parish
Henfield PC
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
18 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Promethean Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 240 days from validation, 159 days slower than Horsham's median of 81 for full applications. Approved, as 78% of full applications here are.

29%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
329decided in the last year

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.

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14420921
Planning Portal ref
PP-14420921
Comments by
5 Dec 2025
Committee
2 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
Horsham
Planning Authority Score
6.6/10
Good
#75 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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