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Bower House Cottage, Hammerwood, Nr. East Grinstead, RH19 3QE.

WD/2006/0806/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 May 2006

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TAKE DOWN VICTORIAN CHIMNEY.

Received
14 March 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Row
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at BOWER HOUSE COTTAGE, HAMMERWOOD, NR. EAST GRINSTEAD, RH19 3QE.. Wealden has handled 842 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Forest Row. We hold 842 applications in total for the RH19 postcode area.

84% of heritage 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
RH19 3QE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2006
Consultation expiry
1 May 2006
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2006
Committee meeting
4 May 2006
Decision issued
23 May 2006

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 May 2006

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II*: Bower FarmhouseOn 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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© 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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