Eastwood Farm, Chilsham Lane, Herstmonceux, BN27 4QH
Approved on 18 September 2023
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
CONVERSION OF DISUSED RURAL OUTBUILDING TO NON-RESIDENTIAL USE COMPRISING A FUNCTION ROOM/MEETING ROOM, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF AN ASTRONOMICAL DOME AND BASEMENT TO SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE ADJACENT HOLIDAY-LET BUSINESS.
- Received
- 17 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Horam & Punnetts Town
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation22 Apr
- TargetTarget Date9 Jun
- DecidedDecided18 Sep
Decided in 178 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at EASTWOOD FARM, CHILSHAM LANE, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4QH. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 18 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Horam & Punnetts Town. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 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
- BN27 4QH
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Herstmonceux
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 22 April 2023
- Consultation start
- 30 March 2023
- Consultation end
- 22 April 2023
- Target decision date
- 9 June 2023
- Committee meeting
- 15 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FreedomWorks Astral Towers Betts Way Crawley RH10 9XA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 77 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 March 2023
- Site notice end
- 22 April 2023
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100060116759
- Documents
- 27
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Ancient woodland: Calvesfield ShawPart of the site · +1 more
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, 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, 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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Source: Wealden
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