Plan to demolish former nurses’ accommodation in Haywards Heath for 17 new flats

Linden House Developments Ltd wants to remove the derelict Linden House in Southdowns Park to make way for a part-three and part-four storey building.

The application, made through the agent Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd, is pending consideration.

The planning and design and access statement said: “The site is a long-vacant and derelict three-storey building constructed in the early 20th century as a nurses’ accommodation associated with the adjacent psychiatric hospital. Following the closure of the psychiatric hospital in the 1990s the building has lain empty.”

The statement added: “The proposed building is comparable in scale to the existing Linden House and outline permission building. It is unlikely therefore that any overbearing impact would be caused to neighbouring residents.”

The plan is also for 17 car parking spaces and 20 bicycle spaces.

Visit pa.midsussex.gov.uk/online-applications and search for DM/23/0890