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The Rowans, Gilham Lane, Forest Row, RH18 5AH

TM/2026/0011/TPOTree with Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (FOREST ROW) NO 28, 1998

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Row
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at THE ROWANS, GILHAM LANE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AH. Wealden has handled 1,601 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Forest Row. We hold 300 applications in total for the RH18 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH18 5AH
Application type
Tree with Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026
Committee meeting
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Rowans Gilham Lane Forest Row RH18 5AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
200002478830
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Forest Row Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Kidbrooke LodgeOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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: Wealden

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