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Doleham Farm Doleham Hill, Westfield, Hastings, TN35 4SS

RR/2026/0353/FULLFull PlanningApproved
Full

Approved on 12 October 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing barn and long shed, including new build extension, to form ancillary accommodation to listed Farmhouse. Conversion of the existing oast house and shed to form an art studio. Installation of photovoltaic panels to the roof of the existing shed, together with associated landscaping. Change of use to incorporate the above within the residential curtilage of the main listed Doleham Farmhouse.

Received
12 March 2026
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 214 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Doleham Farm Doleham Hill, Westfield, Hastings, TN35 4SS. Rother has handled 3,756 applications of this type. This one was decided in 214 days, 21 weeks longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 902 applications in total for the TN35 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
TN35 4SS
Application type
Full Planning
Parish
Westfield

Planning application dates

Validated
12 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Mar

    Conversion of existing barn and long shed, including new build extension, to form ancillary accommodation to…

    This applicationApprovedFullRR/2026/0353/FULL
  2. 2026
    12 Mar

    Conversion of existing barn and long shed, including new build extension, to form ancillary accommodation to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideRR/2026/0354/LBC

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