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 10^th August 2026 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Adastra Park, Hassocks.

Parish Clerk 4^th August 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 20^th July 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/26/1731 50 Stanford Avenue Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8JJ Demolish existing rear conservatory and replace with single storey extension. Convert garage to form utility/storage space. Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, replacement of existing rear hipped roof with faux pitched roof and proposed garden office/shed.

5.2 DM/26/1270 36 Kings Drive Hassocks West Sussex BN6 8DZ Part retrospective application for alterations to the existing garage and the proposed change of use of the garage to a residential dwelling (Amended plans and planning statement).

5.3 DM/26/1873 Land At Sweetlands Hassocks West Sussex 2 Cedars- Reduce back to previous cut points approx 2m.

5.4 DM/26/1872 Land Between Woodsland Road And Quens Drive Hassocks West Sussex 1 x Ash – Fell. 1 x Willow – coppice/fell/pollard

 6. PLANNING AUTHORITY DECISION NOTICES

The following notifications of Discharge of Planning Conditions were noted:

 7. APPEAL NOTIFICATION. AP/26/0025 DM/25/0484 Site Of, 60 Keymer Road, Hassocks, West Sussex BN6 8AR. Mixed use redevelopment of the site comprising of ground floor commercial/community use and 26 No. new residential units on upper floors alongside associated parking and public realm improvements. Appeal dismissed.

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

9. Date of Next Meeting. Tuesday 1^st September 2026 – Green Room Adastra Hall.

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.