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Published 4 January 2026

Covers the week beginning 29 Dec 2025

This week's validated applications and recent decisions in Horsham District.

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At a glance

Validated

5

Top 5 featured, 0 more around the district.

Decisions

5

Approved decisions this week.

Refused

0

No refused decisions this week.

Hotspots

Top 5 only

Themes

Change of use Rural Heritage Local services Certificates

Top 5 This Week

  • Listed consent to convert village post office to home

    Post Office Stores, Church Street, West Chiltington · DC/25/2018

    Heritage Change of use

    Listed building consent for a change of use from a post office shop to a home (Class C3). With listed buildings, the focus is usually on protecting historic fabric and character, alongside how any alterations needed for the new use are handled.

    Why it matters: Listed building consent.

    → View application

  • Post office shop-to-home change of use in West Chiltington

    Post Office Stores, Church Street, West Chiltington · DC/25/2017

    Change of use Local services

    A full planning application for the same shop-to-home change of use (Class C3) at Post Office Stores. These decisions can raise questions about the impact on local services, plus practical considerations like parking, deliveries, and how the use of the building would change day-to-day.

    Why it matters: Shop-to-home change of use.

    → View application

  • Lawful-use certificate for single dwelling on Brighton Road

    The Little Hundred, Brighton Road, Henfield · DC/25/2061

    Certificates

    An application for a lawful development certificate to confirm the building has been used as a single dwelling for at least four years. These applications are evidence-led, typically turning on records of occupation and whether the use has been continuous over the required period.

    Why it matters: Lawful development certificate.

    → View application

  • Farmhouse extension, loft balcony and new storage building

    Upper Westbrook Farm, Bognor Road, Broadbridge Heath · DC/25/1914

    Change of use Rural

    Proposals for a front porch, a single-storey rear extension, a loft conversion with a balcony, and an agricultural storage building. Applications with multiple elements like this often attract attention on overall scale, potential overlooking from balconies, and how new outbuildings sit in the wider landscape.

    Why it matters: Balcony + new farm building.

    → View application

  • Oak tree surgery at Maplehurst farm cottage

    The Old Cottage Farm, Nuthurst Road, Maplehurst · DC/25/2163

    Trees Rural

    Tree surgery works to a single oak. Even routine tree applications can matter where a tree is prominent, with decisions usually balancing tree health and safety against local amenity.

    Why it matters: Prominent oak tree works.

    → View application


Around the District

This week's validated list contains five applications, all covered in the Top 5 above.


Decisions

✓ Approved

  • Listed building repairs and internal alterations, Bramber (DC/25/1688)
  • Bat licence condition details for 80-bed care home scheme, Horsham (DISC/25/0354)
  • Barn conversion changes and water neutrality removal, Rudgwick (DC/25/1638)
  • Garage changes to add home office and gym, Copsale (DC/25/1775)
  • Fell horse chestnut and apple in conservation area, Henfield (CA/25/0140)

✗ Refused

  • None this week.

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