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The Firs, Northiam Road, Ewhurst TN32 5QL

RR/2008/730/PFullRefused

Refused on 18 November 2008

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE CONVERSION OF EXISTING RURAL BUILDING TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS TRACK

Received
11 March 2008
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 252 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at THE FIRS, NORTHIAM ROAD, EWHURST TN32 5QL. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 26 weeks longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 498 applications in total for the TN32 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Rother District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN32 5QL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
EWHURST

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2008
Consultation expiry
30 September 2008
Consultation end
30 September 2008
Target decision date
6 May 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C C M ATTN: PETER SCOTT LANGTON HOUSE 81 HIGH STREET BATTLE TN33 0AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rother

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