Veitch Barns, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, RH18 5NE
Approved on 10 August 2021
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BARN AND LAND TO USE AS DOGGY DAY CARE.
- Received
- 5 November 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Hartfield
- ReceivedReceived5 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Dec
- Consult.Consultation11 Jun
- TargetTarget Date13 Aug
- DecidedDecided10 Aug
Decided in 237 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at VEITCH BARNS, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5NE. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 278 days, 32 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Hartfield. We hold 300 applications in total for the RH18 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
- RH18 5NE
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Forest Row
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 December 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 11 June 2021
- Consultation start
- 15 January 2021
- Consultation end
- 11 June 2021
- Target decision date
- 13 August 2021
- Committee meeting
- 9 August 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 3 Lingfield Mews Lingfield Road Edenbridge Kent TN8 5LE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 240 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 January 2021
- Site notice end
- 5 February 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
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, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Aug
CHANGE OF USE OF A BUILDING AND LAND WITHIN ITS CURTILAGE FROM AN AGRICULTURAL USE TO A FLEXIBLE USE FALLING…
ApprovedApplicationWD/2026/1586/N02 - 202616 Jun
CHANGE OF USE FROM AGRICULTURAL USE TO USE CLASS B8 (STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION).
WithdrawnAmendmentWD/2026/1208/P02 - 202614 May
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF BARN 2 FROM AGRICULTURAL USE TO USE CLASS B8 in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 2…
ApprovedAmendmentWD/2026/0990/N02
Source: Wealden
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