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 23 February 2026 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks.

Parish Clerk 17 February 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 2 February 2026 (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/25/2626 42 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NL Subdivision of the existing residential plot to create 2no residential dwellings, alongside retention of existing dwelling. Amended drawings received on 26.01.2026.

5.2 DM/26/0199 15 Silverdale Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8RD Proposed front porch extension. (LDC).

5.3 DM/25/3003 11 Bonny Wood Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HP Replacement rear extension, infill floor extension. Additional first floor window to side elevation. (Amended Description 03.02.2026).

5.4 DM/26/0248 New Farm House 1 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JL Proposed single storey front extension, two storey rear extension, new window/fenestration and alterations, roof alterations and new solar panels to roof.

5.5 DM/25/3128 8 The Crescent Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8RB Retrospective application for a new fence to the northern boundary.

5.6 DM/26/0327 2 The Beacons Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8FG Ash – Remove tree.

5.7 DM/26/0160 Annexe Wellhouse Farm Wellhouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
RH15 0BN Replacement of single storey annexe, for purposes ancillary to Wellhouse Farm.

5.8 DM/26/0310 8 Highlands Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LD Erection of a pitched / flat roof single storey rear extension. (LDC).

5.9 DM/26/0354 54 Oak Tree Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8YD Loft conversion to create a master bedroom, raising of the roof by 710mm, insertion of dormer window to the rear.

5.10 LI/26/0159 Sussex Lantern Southdown Way Caravan And Camping Park Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LX  New Premises Licence.

5.11 LI/26/0199 Jack And Jill Inn Brighton Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PD New Premises Licence.

6. PLANNING AUTHORITY DECISION NOTICES

7. SOUTHDOWNS NATIONAL PARK – Local Green Space (LGS) Assessment 2026. Members are asked to note the attached document. (Appendix 1).

8. CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND – Members are asked to note that the government published a draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in 2025, there is currently a consultation period running up to Tuesday 10^th March. CPRE has published on their website, guidance for responding to the consultation. They have focussed on three key areas:

1. Green Belt protection
2. Rural affordable housing
3. ‘Valued landscapes and the wider countryside

National Planning Policy Framework: respond to the consultation – CPRE

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

10.Date of Next Meeting. Monday 16 March 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.

APPENDIX 1

South Downs Local Green Space (LGS) Assessment 2026.

We are writing to you because you nominated at least one green area to the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) between 10 August 2022 and 31 October 2025 to be considered for designation as a local green space in the South Downs Local Plan Review.

The evaluation of all nominated green areas is set out in the South Downs Local Green Space (LGS) Assessment (January 2026) – heron referred to as “the Assessment” – which is on our website here: https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/planning-policy/the-south-downs-local-plan-review/evidence-base/communities/local-green-space-lgs-assessment/

(Please note, the evaluations may be different from the provisional findings of October 2024).

In total, 118 nominations were received for 132 green areas between 10 August 2022 and 31 October 2025. The Assessment recommends that 19 of these areas should be designated as local green spaces – along with the separation of Dowlings Little Mead and Church Meadow in Selborne into two separate local green spaces – in the South Downs Local Plan Review.

The Assessment sets out the background and planning policy context for local green space designation (Sections 1-3), the nomination process and evaluation methodology (Sections 4-6), and the evaluation results and conclusions (Sections 7-8 and Appendices 1-2).

The settlement maps in Appendix 3 show the reference numbers for each green area. The reference number will help you to find the evaluation of your nominated green area(s) in the Stage 1 Initial Desktop Review (Appendix 1) or Stage 2 Detailed Evaluations (Appendix 2).

The Assessment will support the local green space policy in the Regulation 19 version of the South Downs Local Plan Review. The Regulation 19 version of the South Downs Local Plan Review will be published for comments for a 6-week period. This 6-week period is anticipated to start in May 2026, and we would welcome your comments during this period.  If you would like to remain up-to-date with the review of the South Downs Local Plan – including its Regulation 19 publication for comments in 2026 – then we recommend that you sign-up to the South Downs Planning Policy Contact Database by emailing: planningpolicy@southdowns.gov.uk.

Minutes

HASSOCKS PARISH COUNCIL

Draft Minutes of the PLANNING COMMITTEE Meeting held on Monday 23rd February 2026 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks

Attendees: Parish Councillors: Cllr Kristian Berggreen, Cllr Lesley Cruickshank-Robb,
Cllr Bob Brewer, Cllr Don McBeth, Cllr Peter Reime, Cllr Bill Hatton, Cllr Maria Angelaki- King.

In Attendance: Deputy Clerk – Helen Valler

P25/112 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE. There were no apologies.

P25/113 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST. Cllr Berggreen declared an interest in LI/26/0159 & LI/26/0199 and didn’t take part in the discussion.

P25/114 MINUTES. It was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on
2^nd February 2026 be signed by the Chair as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

P25/115 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. No members of the public present.

P25/116 APPLICATIONS:

P25/116.1 DM/25/2626 42 Hurst Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9NL Subdivision of the existing residential plot to create 2no residential dwellings, alongside retention of existing dwelling. Amended drawings received on 26.01.2026.

RECOMMENDATION: The committee reiterate their previous comments and continue to recommend the application is refused.

• It is overdevelopment of the plot
• The amended site plan still fails to adequately show the full scale of the development to the rear of the site.
• Development is not respectful to the neighbouring properties.

P25/116.2 DM/26/0199 15 Silverdale Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8RD Proposed front porch extension. (LDC).

Noted

P25/116.3 DM/25/3003 11 Bonny Wood Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8HP Replacement rear extension, infill floor extension. Additional first floor window to side elevation. (Amended Description 03.02.2026).

RECOMMENDATION: The committee recommend that permission is granted.

P25/116.4 DM/26/0248 New Farm House 1 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JL Proposed single storey front extension, two storey rear extension, new window/fenestration and alterations, roof alterations and new solar panels to roof.

RECOMMENDATION: The committee recommend that permission is granted.

P25/116.5 DM/25/3128 8 The Crescent Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8RB Retrospective application for a new fence to the northern boundary.

RECOMMENDATION: The committee recommend that permission is granted.

P25/116.6 DM/26/0327 2 The Beacons Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8FG Ash – Remove tree.

RECOMMENDATION: Refer to Tree Officer.

P25/116.7 DM/26/0160 Annexe Wellhouse Farm Wellhouse Lane Burgess Hill West Sussex
RH15 0BN Replacement of single storey annexe, for purposes ancillary to Wellhouse Farm.

RECOMMENDATION: The committee recommend that permission is granted.

P25/116.8  DM/26/0310 8 Highlands Close Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LD Erection of a pitched flat roof single storey rear extension. (LDC).

Noted

P25/116.9 DM/26/0354 54 Oak Tree Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8YD Loft conversion to create a master bedroom, raising of the roof by 710mm, insertion of dormer window to the rear.

RECOMMENDATION: Application withdrawn.

P25/116.10  LI/26/0159 Sussex Lantern Southdown Way Caravan And Camping Park Lodge Lane Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8LX  New Premises Licence.

RECOMMENDATION: No Objection

P25/116.11 LI/26/0199 Jack And Jill Inn Brighton Road Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9PD New Premises Licence.

RECOMMENDATION: No Objection

P25/117 PLANNING AUTHORITY DECISION NOTICES

The following decisions were noted:

P25/118 SOUTHDOWNS NATIONAL PARK – Local Green Space (LGS) Assessment 2026.

• Members noted the attached document in Appendix 1.

P25/119 CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND – Members noted the government’s draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the consultation period. CPRE has published guidance on their website for responding to the consultation. They have focussed on three key areas:

1. Green Belt protection

2. Rural affordable housing

3. ‘Valued landscapes and the wider countryside

National Planning Policy Framework: respond to the consultation – CPRE

• Members discussed some aspects of the newly drafted NPPF, particularly the ‘presumption in favour of permission’ for sites within a sustainable distance of a railway station.

P25/120 URGENT MATTERS at the discretion of the Chair for noting and/or inclusion on a future agenda.

• Cllr Reime mentioned that at the previous full council meeting there was a suggestion that a Planning Consultant could attend a future Planning meeting to talk to councillors. Deputy Clerk to raise with the Clerk.

P25/121 DATE OF NEXT MEETING. Monday 16^th March 2026

There being no other business the Chair closed the meeting at 7.58pm