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Hemmingfold Farmhouse Hastings Road Battle TN33 0TU

RR/2024/1868/PFullRefused

Refused on 20 January 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing stable building to a new dwelling

Received
2 November 2024
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 79 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Hemmingfold Farmhouse Hastings Road Battle TN33 0TU. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 9 days longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,297 applications in total for the TN33 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
TN33 0TU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
BATTLE

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2024
Consultation expiry
20 December 2024
Consultation end
20 December 2024
Target decision date
20 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
MR MARK SELDEN 1 Mount Pleasant Paddock Wood Tonbridge TN12 6AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
79 days

Appeal history

3361605
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 November 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Hemingfold Oast CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • SSSI: Hemingfold Meadow SSSIPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Rother

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