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Kestrels, Witherenden Hill, Witherenden, Burwash TN19 7JP

RR/2023/2448/LHeritageRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 19 January 2024

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

Proposal

Alterations to house including extension works, internal alterations, fenestration changes and demolition of modern garage. Amendments to associated residential barn to include new decking and subterranean garage. Landscaping and driveway amendments.

Received
25 November 2023
Ward
Received
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Kestrels, Witherenden Hill, Witherenden, Burwash TN19 7JP. Rother has handled 658 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 97 applications in total for the TN19 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
TN19 7JP
Application type
Heritage
Scale / size
Small
Parish
BURWASH

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2023
Consultation expiry
31 December 2023
Consultation end
31 December 2023
Target decision date
20 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Stephen Langer Associates Ltd Attn: Stephen Langer York Cottage Major Yorks Road ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS TN2 5TP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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