7, Sunnybank Hawkhurst Road, Flimwell, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7QR
Approved
Council decision: LAWFUL DC APPROVED
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of building as an annexe with habitable accommodation used soley for purposes ancillary to the existing dwellinghouse (Class C3)
- Received
- 3 September 2025
- Council
- Rother District Council
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation30 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Oct
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 7, Sunnybank Hawkhurst Road, Flimwell, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7QR. Rother has handled 327 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,451 applications in total for the TN5 postcode area.
63% of amendment 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
- TN5 7QR
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ticehurst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 30 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Wilbury Planning Ltd Attn: Mr Henry Wagstaff Suite 12, Second Floor Vantage Point Brighton & Hove BN1 4GW
Planning decision
- Decision
- LAWFUL DC APPROVED
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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
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© 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.
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Source: Rother
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