Skinners Farm, Best Beech Hill, Wadhurst, TN5 6JT
Approved on 31 July 2024
Council decision: Modification to Planning ObligationDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
VARIATION OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 28 JULY 2023 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/0200/MAJ and WD/2020/0201/LBR (PROPOSED CONVERSION OF FORMER GRANARY TO PROVIDE A THREE-BEDROOM DWELLING, SUSSEX BARN (COLYERS BARN) TO PROVIDE A FOUR-BEDROOM DWELLING AND DAIRY TO PROVIDE A FOUR-BEDROOM DWELLING; CONVERSION OF FORMER OAST AS ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO SKINNERS FARMHOUSE TO PROVIDE TWO-BEDROOM FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT WITH GAMES ROOM AND HOME OFFICE BELOW; SEPARATION OF FORMER ANNEXE FROM SKINNERS FARMHOUSE TO PROVIDE SEPARATE TWO-BEDROOM DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND EXTERNAL WORKS. RETROSPECTIVE LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR WORKS TO SKINNERS FARMHOUSE, GRANARY, SUSSEX BARN (COLYERS BARN) AND OAST. REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK FOR SKINNERS FARMHOUSE AND OAST AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SHARED SEWERAGE TREATMENT TANK) TO ALLOW GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING PERMISSION AND LISTED BUILDING CONSENT WITHOUT HAVING TO VARY THE LEGAL AGREEMENT ON EACH OCCASION.
- Received
- 12 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Frant & Wadhurst
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated19 Apr
- Consult.Consultation25 May
- TargetTarget Date14 Jun
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 103 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at SKINNERS FARM, BEST BEECH HILL, WADHURST, TN5 6JT. Wealden has handled 1,240 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 8 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications 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.
88% of conditions 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 6JT
- Application type
- Application to Modify/Discharge a Section 106
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wadhurst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 25 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 25 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 25 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 14 June 2024
- Committee meeting
- 31 July 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 8 Richmond Avenue Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex TN39 3EG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 May 2024
- Site notice start
- 25 April 2024
- Site notice end
- 17 May 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Oct
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4i (Details of the siting, appearance, materials…
PendingDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/1686/CD - 202626 Aug
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION/S 3C (Specification and Methodology), 3E…
RefusedDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/1731/CD - 202628 Jan
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 4t ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2259/LBA
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/0183/CD - 202627 Jan
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4e, 4f, 4m ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2259/LBA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/0179/CD - 202517 Mar
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3a, 3b, 4a and 4b ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2259/LBA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2025/0679/CD - 202421 Aug
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2F & 2L ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2259/LBA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2024/1957/CD - 202320 Dec
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 2G, 2I, 2J, 2K, 2L, 2M, 2N, 2O…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2023/3117/CD
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