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Trade Oak Building Kits, THE BARN Eatenden Lane, Mountfield, East Sussex, TN32 5LP

RR/2026/0364/LDELawful Development Certificate ExistingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 5 October 2026

Council decision: LAWFUL DC REFUSED

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as vehicle storage and detailing, with associated office space, in accordance with Use Class E of the Use Classes Order.

Received
16 March 2026
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 203 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Trade Oak Building Kits, THE BARN Eatenden Lane, Mountfield, East Sussex, TN32 5LP. Rother has handled 327 applications of this type. This one was decided in 203 days, 19 weeks longer than Rother's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 498 applications in total for the TN32 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
TN32 5LP
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate Existing
Parish
Mountfield

Planning application dates

Validated
16 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Source: Rother

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