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Barn At Cobdown Farm, Cobdown Lane, Five Ash Down, TN22 3AR

WD/2019/0555/P04PD Change of use from Agricultural to DwellingsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 May 2019

Council decision: Planning Permission RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

CONVERSION OF PART OF BARN TO A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE. WALLS WILL BE TIMBER CLAD AND ROOF WILL BE METAL.

Received
13 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Maresfield
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at BARN AT COBDOWN FARM, COBDOWN LANE, FIVE ASH DOWN, TN22 3AR. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Maresfield. We hold 2,467 applications in total for the TN22 postcode area.

79% of amendment 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
TN22 3AR
Application type
PD Change of use from Agricultural to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Maresfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2019
Consultation expiry
26 April 2019
Consultation start
21 March 2019
Consultation end
26 April 2019
Neighbour consultation end
11 April 2019
Target decision date
13 May 2019
Committee meeting
13 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Garfield Road Hailsham East Sussex BN27 2BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 April 2019
Site notice end
26 April 2019

Appeal

Appeal date
15 October 2019
Appeal result
Dismissed
Appeal decision date
25 March 2020

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, National Landscapes, 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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