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Giffords Farmhouse, Battle Road, Brightling TN21 9LH

RR/2021/2201/LHeritageApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 21 January 2022

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Proposal

Proposed single storey extension to enlarge the kitchen and dining area.

Received
13 September 2021
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 130 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Giffords Farmhouse, Battle Road, Brightling TN21 9LH. Rother has handled 658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 9 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 957 applications in total for the TN21 postcode area.

87% of heritage 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
TN21 9LH
Application type
Heritage
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
BRIGHTLING

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2021
Consultation expiry
16 November 2021
Consultation end
16 November 2021
Target decision date
28 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Pump House Designs Attn: Mr Andrew Gerken Pump House Yard, The Green Sedlescombe Battle TN33 0QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
137 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Giffords FarmhouseOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Town and Country Planning (County of East Sussex) Direction, 1959
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    13 Sep

    Proposed garden building to provide home office/studio ancillary to dwelling.

    RefusedFullFiled alongsideRR/2021/2199/P
  2. 2021
    13 Sep

    Proposed single storey extension to enlarge the kitchen and dining area

    ConditionsFullFiled alongsideRR/2021/2200/P
  3. 2021
    13 Sep

    Proposed single storey extension to enlarge the kitchen and dining area.

    This applicationApprovedHeritageRR/2021/2201/L

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