Oxcroft Farm Henfield Road Small Dole Henfield West Sussex BN5 9XE Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/1506 - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in Principle for a residential development with the erection of up to 9no. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2025
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Validated
13 Oct 2025
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Approved
9 Jan 2026

Approved on 9 Jan 2026 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Horsham Planning Committee on 6 Jan 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the allocated brownfield site was suitable in principle and detailed matters could be addressed later.
  • The committee approved the application in line with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site context, officer assessment, objections, public speakers, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Horsham's committee minutes of 6 Jan 2026.

Site constraints 8

Public footpath about 7 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.
Local nature reserve about 121 m away: Tottington Wood
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
SSSI about 252 m away: Horton Clay Pit SSSI; National infrastructure project about 1237 m away: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm; National park about 285 m away: South Downs; Inside the Small Dole 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 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
BN5 9XE
Received
10 Sept 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Parish
Upper Beeding PC
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
9 Jan 2026
Applicant
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Agent
DMH Stallard LLP
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, about the council's usual 88 days. 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.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
5 Dec 2025
Committee
6 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No
Horsham
Planning Authority Score
6.6/10
Good
#75 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.