The Little House Shoreham Road Small Dole Henfield West Sussex BN5 9YQ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0870 - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of 1no. replacement detached two-storey dwelling following demolition of existing residential annexe. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
27 May 2026
✓
Validated
9 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
31 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 31 Jul 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

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
National park about 189 m away: South Downs; National infrastructure project about 1321 m away: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm; Local nature reserve about 389 m away: Tottington Wood; Tree preservation order about 20 m away: Land At Hoewood Small Dole West Sussex; Inside the Small Dole built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,230,000 in October 2021. Detached house, freehold.

28 October 2021£1,230,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Horsham
Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
BN5 9YQ
Received
27 May 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Parish
Upper Beeding PC
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Heritage Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 17 days faster than Horsham's median of 69 for new homes. Refused, as 45% of new homes here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
55%approved
6%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14950932
Planning Portal ref
PP-14950932
Comments by
30 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Jul 2026
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.