New housing in Mid Sussex District Council
We read Mid Sussex District Council's planning register every day. We hold 17,791 of its planning applications going back to 2016, and 76 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 104% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 104% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 17,791
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 70 | 29 | 13 |
| 2024 | 70 | 22 | 14 |
| 2023 | 88 | 28 | 14 |
| 2022 | 72 | 29 | 11 |
| 2021 | 110 | 39 | 11 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000 | Land To The South Of Reeds Lane Reeds Lane Sayers Common West Sussex Scoping Opinion for the development of up to 2,000 homes, community uses, employment, public open space and infrastructure including primary and secondary schools. DM/26/1160 | At appeal | 7 May 2026 |
| 550 | Land South And West Of Upper Imberhorne School Imberhorne Lane East Grinstead West Sussex Approval of Reserved Matters following Outline Planning Permission (Ref. DM/23/2699) relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 550 no. new residential units. (Drainage addendum received 02/04/2026).… DM/26/0131 | At appeal | 20 Jan 2026 |
| 400 | Land West Of Turners Hill Road Crawley Down West Sussex EIA Screening request for Proposed Development of Land at Turners Hill Road Crawley Down so as to accommodate up to 400 houses with associated car parking, landscaping & community facilities including play areas and… DM/24/2650 | Approved | 28 Oct 2024 |
| 210 | LVS Hassocks London Road Sayers Common Hassocks West Sussex BN6 9HT Demolition of existing school buildings and redevelopment of site so as to accommodate a new SEN school with associated access, car parking, landscaping and drainage works; and up to 210 houses with associated access… DM/25/2765 | Approved | 28 Oct 2025 |
| 210 | Land At Coombe Farm London Road Sayers Common West Sussex Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except for access) comprising a residential development of up to 210 dwellings (Use Class C3); with associated access; landscaping; amenity space; drainage and… DM/25/2661 | At appeal | 21 Oct 2025 |
| 200 | Land At Foxhole Farm Foxhole Lane Bolney Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5NB EIA Screening request for Proposed Development of Land at Foxhole Farm Bolney, comprising demolition of existing barns and development of site so as to accommodate up to 200 houses with associated car parking… DM/24/2826 | Approved | 19 Nov 2024 |
| 198 | Land At Foxhole Farm Foxhole Lane Bolney West Sussex Approval of reserved matters (appearance landscaping layout and scale) following outline approval of DM/25/1129 for the erection of 198 dwellings (including 60 affordable) with associated landscaping, community orchard… DM/26/1961 | At appeal | 13 Aug 2026 |
| 130 | Land East Of Lunce's Hill Fox Hill Haywards Heath West Sussex Outline planning application for the erection of up to 130 dwellings, together with the change of use of an existing barn for a flexible community and/or commercial use, along with associated outdoor space and… DM/25/0827 | At appeal | 26 Mar 2025 |
| 100 | Land East Of College Lane Hurstpierpoint West Sussex Erection of 100 dwellings, with associated access, car parking, refuse/recycling storage, landscaping, infrastructure and works. DM/26/2433 | At appeal | 30 Sept 2026 |
| 87 | Land Off Scamps Hill Scaynes Hill Road Lindfield West Sussex A reserved matters application (access within site, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping) for 87 dwellings and associated infrastructure. DM/26/1771 | At appeal | 24 Jul 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Mid Sussex District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.