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The Forge Cottage, St James Square, Lower High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AT

WD/2023/2220/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 February 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DOMESTIC ANNEX TO PROVIDE ELDERLY/DISABLED GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM AND SHOWER. MINOR EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS: EXTERNAL GAS BOILER FLUE, EXTRACTOR FAN GRILL, UNDERGROUND GAS PIPE AND EV CHARGING POINT.

Received
6 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at THE FORGE COTTAGE, ST JAMES SQUARE, LOWER HIGH STREET, WADHURST, TN5 6AT. Wealden has handled 842 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 15 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Wadhurst conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Frant & Wadhurst. We hold 1,451 applications in total for the TN5 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
TN5 6AT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wadhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2023
Consultation expiry
30 January 2024
Consultation start
29 September 2023
Consultation end
30 January 2024
Target decision date
19 February 2024
Committee meeting
15 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Forge Cottage St James Square Lower High Street Wadhurst East Sussex TN5 6AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
158 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 October 2023
Site notice start
29 September 2023
Site notice end
20 October 2023

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wadhurst Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Forge CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    22 Feb

    INSTALL NEW GAS BOILER IN UTILITY ROOM PLUS NEW FLUE TO OUTSIDE. REMOVE OLD GAS BOILER FROM KITCHEN PLUS…

    ApprovedListed building consentWD/2022/0466/LB
  2. 2016
    25 Oct

    PROPOSED NEW STUD WALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO DIVIDE THE EXISTING BATHROOM INTO TWO BATHROOMS.

    ApprovedListed building consentWD/2016/2613/LB
  3. 2007
    18 Jan

    ALTERATIONS, SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE TO RESTAURANT.

    ApprovedListed building consentWD/2007/0144/LB
  4. 2007
    9 Jan

    ALTERATIONS, SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE TO RESTAURANT.

    ApprovedFullWD/2007/0059/F
  5. 2005
    20 Dec

    ALTERATIONS, SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE TO RESTAURANT.

    ApprovedListed building consentWD/2005/3462/LB
  6. 2005
    4 Oct

    ALTERATIONS, SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION AND CHANGE OF USE TO RESTAURANT.

    WithdrawnListed building consentWD/2005/2736/LB

Source: Wealden

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