Planning Committee

Agenda

HASSOCKS PARISH COUNCIL

To:   All Members of the Planning Committee (Cllrs Maria Angelaki-King, Kristian Berggreen, Robert Brewer, Lesley Cruickshank-Robb, Bill Hatton, Don McBeth) with copies to all other Councillors for information.

A meeting of the PLANNING COMMITTEE will be held on 29 September 2025 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks.

Parish Clerk 23 September 2025

AGENDA

1. TO ACCEPT APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2. TO ACCEPT DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST. Disclosure by Councillors of personal and/or pecuniary interests in matters on the agenda and whether the Councillors regard their interest as prejudicial/pecuniary under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

3. MINUTES. To accept the Minutes of the meeting held on 8 September 2025 (previously circulated).

4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

5. APPLICATIONS (copies of each application can be viewed online via the Mid Sussex District Council (MSDC) Website – https://pa.midsussex.gov.uk/online-applications/ or the
South Downs National Park Authority (SDNP) Website –https://planningpublicaccess.southdowns.gov.uk/online-applications/

5.1 DM/25/2253 Land To The Rear Of 2 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HA Erection of a dwelling within the rear garden of 2 Keymer Road.

5.2 DM/25/2252 54 Friars Oak Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8PY Proposed replacement tiled roof to existing rear extension flat roof.

5.3 DM/25/2292 1 Five Oaks Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ZU Side dormer loft conversion. (LDC).

5.4 DM/25/2104 50 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NL Retrospective application for the erection of a new front boundary wall and entry gate. (Amended Notice 1 served 09/09/2025).

5.5 DM/25/2327 Wellhouse Wellhouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0BN Demolition of existing extension, construction of replacement extension with alterations to the existing house both internally and externally. Conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation and construction of new garage.

5.6 DM/25/2040 10 Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NA Holly Tree in rear garden – fell to just above ground level.

5.7 LI/25/1365 Morrisons Daily 44 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8AR Minor Variation-Premises Licence.

6. PLANNING AUTHORITY DECISION NOTICES

The following notifications of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (LDC), General Permitted Development (GDP) and/or Prior Approval/Notification were noted:

The following notifications of Discharge of Planning Conditions were noted:

7. URGENT MATTERS at the discretion of the Chairman for noting and/or inclusion on a future agenda.

8. Date of Next Meeting. Monday 20 October 2025.

Please Note

All members of the public are welcome to attend meetings of the Parish Council and its Committees.  Item 4 – a period of 15 minutes will be set aside for the public statements and questions relating to the published non-confidential business of the Meeting.
It may be necessary to consider particular items in confidential session and where this arises, these items will be considered at the end of the agenda.

FILMING, RECORDING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
During this meeting members of the public may film or record the Committee and officers from the public area only providing it does not disrupt the meeting. The Confidential section of the meeting may not be filmed or recorded. If a member of the public objects to being recorded, the person(s) filming must stop doing so until that member of the public has finished speaking. The use of social media is permitted but members of the public are requested to switch their mobile devices to silent for the duration of the meeting.

Minutes

HASSOCKS PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of the PLANNING COMMITTEE Meeting held on Monday 29^th September 2025 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks

Attendees: Parish Councillors: Cllr Lesley Cruickshank-Robb, Cllr Don McBeth, Cllr Bob Brewer,
Cllr Kristian Berggreen, Cllr Bill Hatton.

In Attendance: Deputy Clerk – Helen Valler, one member of the public.

P25/58 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. Apologies were received from Cllr Maria Angelaki-king.

P25/59 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST. There were no declarations of interest.

P25/60 MINUTES. It was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on
8^th September 2025 be signed by the Chair as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

P25/61 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. One member of the public spoke in objection of P25/62.1

P25/62 APPLICATIONS:

P25/62.1 DM/25/2253 Land To The Rear Of 2 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HA Erection of a dwelling within the rear garden of 2 Keymer Road.

RECOMMENDATION:  Recommend refusal.

• Over development of the site
• There is no provision for vehicular access to the site
• The development is detrimental to the surrounding properties, noise, loss of privacy.
• DP26 – Character & Design. The design is not in keeping with the surrounding properties
• Hassocks Neighbourhood plan Policy 9 – Character & Design
• The committee would like to request that this application is not decided at officer level and is called into committee.

P25/62.2 DM/25/2252 54 Friars Oak Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8PY Proposed replacement tiled roof to existing rear extension flat roof.
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend permission.

P25/62.3 DM/25/2292 1 Five Oaks Way Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9ZU Side dormer loft conversion. (LDC).
RECOMMENDATION: Noted.

P25/62.4 DM/25/2104 50 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NL Retrospective application for the erection of a new front boundary wall and entry gate. (Amended Notice 1 served 09/09/2025).
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend permission.

P25/62.5 DM/25/2327 Wellhouse Wellhouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0BN Demolition of existing extension, construction of replacement extension with alterations to the existing house both internally and externally. Conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation and construction of new garage.
RECOMMENDATION: Recommend permission.

P25/62.6 DM/25/2040 10 Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NA Holly Tree in rear garden – fell to just above ground level.
RECOMMENDATION: Refer to Tree Officer

P25/62.7 LI/25/1365 Morrisons Daily 44 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8AR Minor Variation-Premises Licence.
RECOMMENDATION: No comment, it is not clear what the variation is.

P25/63 PLANNING AUTHORITY DECISION NOTICES

The following decisions were noted:

The following notifications of Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (LDC), General Permitted Development (GDP) and/or Prior Approval/Notification were noted:

The following notifications of Discharge of Planning Conditions were noted:

P25/64 URGENT MATTERS at the discretion of the Chair for noting and/or inclusion on a future agenda. No urgent matters.

P25/65 DATE OF NEXT MEETING. Monday 20^th October at 7.30pm

There being no other business the Chair closed the meeting at 8.03pm