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

WD/2009/2079/FFullApproved

Approved on 9 December 2009

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STABLES, GARAGES AND BARN. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STABLE BLOCK AND GARAGE.

Received
29 September 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Row
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at BOWER HOUSE, BOWER HOUSE LANE, HAMMERWOOD, NR. EAST GRINSTEAD, RH19 3QE.. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks 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.

86% of full 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
Full
Parish
Forest Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2009
Consultation expiry
25 November 2009
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2009
Committee meeting
8 December 2009
Decision issued
10 December 2009

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 November 2009
Site notice end
19 November 2009

Additional information

UPRN
10033406601

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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