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 and Peter Reime) with copies to all other Councillors for information.

A meeting of the PLANNING COMMITTEE will be held on 12 January 2026 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks.

Parish Clerk 6 January 2026

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 22 December 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/25/1800 Woodside Grange Woodsland Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8EX Reserved matters application pursuant to Outline application DM/23/2687 for the approval of Appearance, and Landscaping for two detached dwellings. Amended Elevations, Floor Plans, Site Layout Plans and supporting information received on 05.12.2025, 10.12.2025 and 12.12.2025.

5.2 DM/25/3239 113 Keymer Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QL Removal of front wall and creation of parking area to front of house and with dropped kerb.

5.3 DM/25/3264 12A Grand Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DA Demolition of existing porch & conservatory. Proposed two storey side extension, new porch to front elevation and new pitched roof over existing flat roof garage.

5.4 DM/25/3186 5 Wilmington Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8QB Variation of condition 3 relating to planning application DM/24/1474, to change the brick and tile hung cladding on the rear elevation to instead replace with render at ground floor and timber cladding at first floor.

5.5 DM/25/2014 The Old Malthouse Ockley Manor Farm Ockley Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8NX Replacement of two windows – kitchen and bedroom. Painting of external cladding (Amended Plans received 05/01/2026).

5.6 SDNP/25/05105/HOUS Barn Cottage Underhill Lane Clayton West Sussex BN6 9PL Rear single-storey utility room extension.

6. PLANNING AUTHORITY DECISION NOTICES

7. LEWES AND EASTBOURNE PLANNING POLICY CONSULTATION – Members are asked to note that Lewes & Eastbourne District Council are currently inviting consultation on:

A Spatial Strategy for Development and Site Allocations – Lewes Local Plan consultation

The consultation is open from 18 Dec 2025 at 09:00 to 28 Feb 2026 at 18:00.

Phase 2 – Regulation 18 Lewes District Councils Local Plan consultation ‘A Spatial Strategy for Development in our Plan Area (incorporating Site Allocations) (Appendix 1).

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

9. Date of Next Meeting. Monday 2^nd February 2026.

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

The Planning meeting was cancelled due to a power cut at the Parish Office.