Hesworth Barn Hesworth Common Lane Fittleworth West Sussex RH20 1EW Data via plota.co.uk

SDNP/26/01550/HOUS - Householder Refused

Proposal

Installation of swimming pool. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
1 May 2026
Refused
6 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 6 Aug 2026 · LA Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Barn Approximately 70 Metres North East of Hesworth Farmhouse
List entry 1238837 · 2 m from the pin · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
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 ↗
South Downs National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Agricultural land, grade 1
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.
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
Priority habitat 22 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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

Application type
Householder
Postcode
RH20 1EW
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
1 May 2026
Ward
Fittleworth Ward CH
Parish
Fittleworth Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Jun 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
6 Aug 2026
Decision level
LA Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Whaleback Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 97 days from validation, 41 days slower than South Downs's median of 56 for extensions. Refused, as 9% of extensions here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
473decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Downs in the last twelve months, from validation. South Downs decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14818011
Env. assessment
No