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Downland Villages planning approval rate

Downland Villages ward in Mid Sussex has a 93.3% approval rate based on 193 planning decisions. Mid Sussex overall: 93.1%.

Last updated: September 2026

93.3%
ward approval rate
193
Decisions
180
Approved
13
Refused
93.1%
Mid Sussex average

Downland Villages is broadly in line with the Mid Sussex average, neither notably strict nor notably permissive.

How Downland Villages compares

Downland Villages ward (193 decided)
93.3%
Mid Sussex overall (5,410 decided)
93.1%
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Recent decisions in Downland Villages

DM/26/1243
Proposed provision of a mobile home for use as a rural workers dwelling for a te · Thu 17 Sep 2026
Approved
DM/26/0871
Proposed replacement of 11 existing single-glazed timber sash windows, 1 triple · Thu 17 Sep 2026
Approved
DM/26/0870
Proposed replacement of 11 existing single-glazed timber sash windows, 1 triple · Thu 17 Sep 2026
Approved
DM/25/1857
Retrospective change of use from agricultural land to residential garden land, i · Thu 17 Sep 2026
Approved
DM/26/1584
Hip to gable roof enlargement. loft conversion with rear dormer and front facing · Fri 11 Sep 2026
Approved

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Other wards in Mid Sussex

-- (94.1%) Hurstpierpoint (93.0%) Lindfield (94.4%) Hassocks (93.1%) Crawley Down (94.0%) Burgess Hill - Franklands (93.2%) Cuckfield, Bolney And Ansty (88.0%) Copthorne And Worth (91.2%) East Grinstead - Town (94.9%) Lindfield Rural And High Weald (92.6%) Ardingly, Balcombe And Turners Hill (92.8%) Haywards Heath - Franklands (93.7%)
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