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HOP AND HARE FARM Stonestile Lane, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4PH

RR/2026/0018/FNPrior Notification Part 6/7Refused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the erection of two agricultural polytunnels for fungiculture (mushroom production), including one light-controlled polytunnel, to be used solely for agricultural purposes

Received
13 January 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
10 weeks typical decision time in Rother85% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at HOP AND HARE FARM Stonestile Lane, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4PH. Rother has handled 121 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 13 January 2026 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 892 applications in total for the TN35 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
RR/2026/0018/FN
Address
HOP AND HARE FARM Stonestile Lane, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4PH
Postcode
TN35 4PH
Local Authority
Rother
Application Type
Prior Notification Part 6/7
Decision Status
Rejected
Parish
Westfield

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 January 2026
Date Submitted
13 January 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Refused

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
50.897663, 0.584471
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Rother

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Planning constraints

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: ValebrookOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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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.

© 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.

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