Discretionary Publicity
The Council normally publicises by ‘neighbour
notification’ letter applications for the variation of any
Conditions imposed as a result of a previous grant
of planning permission or applications for Lawful
Development Certification.
Applicants and Agents also receive a site notice
which the Council asks them to display at the site of
the application.
Weekly List
A weekly list of planning applications is published
in local newspapers and also sent to local libraries,
community and amenity groups, as well as special
interest groups such as the Society for Sussex
Downsmen. A copy of this list is available for
inspection at the reception of the Planning
Department at Haywards Heath and on the Council’s
website [www.midsussex.gov.uk]. All Town and
Parish Councils are sent copies of the applications
received from their own areas.
Head of Economic Promotion and
Planning
Mid Sussex District Council
Oaklands
Oaklands Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1SS
Telephone: (01444) 477019
Fax: (01444) 477461
This leaflet is also available on the
website at:
www.midsussex.gov.uk
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PL3 Development Management
In 1992 the Government introduced statutory
requirements for Councils to publicise all planning
applications.
This information leaflet sets out the publicity
procedures that this Council operates, which is line
with advice contained in the Department of
Environment Circular 15/92.
Types of Publicity
This Council has four basic types of publicity:
letter to occupiers or owners of adjoining
properties [‘Neighbour Notification’];
ii posting a site notice, visible to the general
public;
iii publishing a notice in the local newspaper:
iv publishing a weekly list of applications. [also
available on the Council’s website www.midsussex.gov.uk]
The ‘Neighbour notification’ Letter
The ‘Neighbour notification’ letter will be sent out
soon after the planning application is received. The
letter provides the location, the proposal, the
applicants name and the planning reference number.
The letter also explains that the application can be
examined, during normal office hours, at the District
Council Offices at Haywards Heath, online at
www.midsussex.gov.uk or at the offices of the
relevant Town or Parish. In some Parishes the
application can be examined, by appointment, at the
home of the Parish Clerk.
i
Worth
East
Grinstead
Ashurst
Wood
A Planning Officer will visit all application sites and
will check that letters have been sent to all relevant
properties.
West
Hoathly
Balcombe
Horsted
Keynes
Ardingly
Ansty
and
Staplefield
Slaugham
Lindfield
Haywards Lindfield
Heath
Rural
Bolney
Cuckfield
Twineham
Hurstpierpoint
and
Sayers
Common
Mid Sussex
Parishes
Newtimber
Hassocks
Poynings
When an application is received for a development
that affects a Public Right of Way, is a departure from
the Development Plan, or requires an Environmental
Impact Assessment, or, if a development would
change the setting or character of a Listed Building or
a Conservation Area further publicity is required. In
these cases that additional publicity would be through
advertisements in the local newspaper and notices on
site. Some proposals will be classified as ‘major
developments’ ie:
i. ten or more dwellings/site are more than 0.5
hectares [1.25 acres]
ii. floor space over 1000m/site area more than
1 hectares [2.5 acres]
iii winning and working of minerals
iv all waste developments
Burgess
Hill
Albourne
Fulking
When an application has been received for a
domestic extension within an urban area, letters will
be sent to immediate neighbours, including those
opposite and to the rear.
If you wish to contact staff by telephone, call the
following general enquiry number 01444 477019, or
the case officer detailed on the neighbour notification
letter.
Additional Compulsory Publicity
Neighbour notification
These letters are sent out at the earliest possible
stage in the processing of a planning application.
As a general rule, those neighbours within four
metres of the site boundary are notified of a planning
application by letter. Where the application site is
surrounded by open land that does not obviously
belong to a nearby property, individuals may not be
notified although a site notice will be displayed.
The letter encourages neighbours to pass on
details to others who may be interested in any
proposed development.
The Plan below details the relevant Parishes.
Turners
Hill
‘Neighbour notification’ letters are sent as a result of
the majority of applications. These are of particular
benefit to the house-bound or when the development
affects close neighbours.
Any comments in respect of the application must
be sent to Planning Services of the District Council
within 21 days of the date of the letter. Any relevant
comment will be considered before any planning
application is decided.
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In addition the Planning Officer may decide that the
proposed development is ‘major’ if they have a wider
impact in the locality - for example, if it creates noise,
vibration, dust or attracts crowds to a generally quiet
area.
‘Major’ applications are publicised by advertisements
in the local newspaper ‘Neighbour notification’
letters will also be sent, but where there are many
neighbours, notices will also be displayed around the
site to draw attention to the application.