Butlers Tower Hill Horsham West Sussex RH13 0AQ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/0735 - Permission in Principle Approved

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the erection of 3no. dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 May 2026
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Validated
8 May 2026
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Committee
21 Jul 2026
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Approved
23 Jul 2026

Approved on 23 Jul 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Horsham Planning Committee on 21 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because three homes would contribute to housing supply and no other impacts would significantly outweigh the benefits.
  • Two objections and one supporting representation were received, while the parish council objected to development outside the built-up area.
  • The committee approved the application in accordance with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Horsham's committee minutes of 21 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Tower Hill 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 24 September 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £2,000,000 in January 2021. Detached house, freehold.

29 January 2021£2,000,000
14 October 2009£1,650,000
12 March 2004£950,000
15 October 1999£665,000

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
RH13 0AQ
Received
1 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Southwater North
Parish
Southwater PC
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
MME Planning Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 10 days slower than Horsham's median of 66 for new homes. Approved, as 55% of new homes here are.

38%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.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
16 Jun 2026
Committee
21 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Jun 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.