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Crabapple Cottage - Land at Houghton Green Lane, Playden TN31 7PL

RR/2024/1392/PFullPending Decision

Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of replacement building to be used as a holiday-let with associated facilities.

Received
12 August 2024
Decided
21 October 2024
Ward
Received
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 70 days (council typically 70)

10 weeks typical decision time in Rother87% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at Crabapple Cottage - Land at Houghton Green Lane, Playden TN31 7PL. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 61 days. This one was decided in 70 days, 9 days longer than Rother's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the TN31 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
RR/2024/1392/P
Address
Crabapple Cottage - Land at Houghton Green Lane, Playden TN31 7PL
Postcode
TN31 7PL
Local Authority
Rother
Application Type
Full
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
APPROVED CONDITIONAL
Ward
Received
Parish
PLAYDEN

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Pump House Designs Attn: Mr A Gerken 38 High Street Battle TN33 0EA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
12 August 2024
Consultation Expiry
30 September 2024
Target Decision Date
23 October 2024
Date Decided
21 October 2024
Date Validated
12 August 2024
Date Submitted
12 August 2024
Consultation End
30 September 2024

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
72 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
11
Coordinates
50.967503, 0.733079
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Rother

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Mar

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  2. 2024
    12 Aug

    Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of replacement building to be used as a holiday-let…

    This applicationConditionsFullRR/2024/1392/P

Planning constraints

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, National Landscapes, 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

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