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Argos Hill Lane, Rotherfield, TN6 3QQ

WD/2024/1271/OHOverhead LineApproved

Approved on 28 June 2024

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

ALTERATIONS TO THE HIGH VOLTAGE (HV) OVERHEAD LINES. POLE 247490 AND ONE SPAN OF OVERHEAD LINE ARE TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED BY AN UNDERGROUND CABLE. THE POLE MOUNTED TRANSFORMER IS TO BE RELOCATED TO EXISTING POLE 247492 AND TWO STAYS INSTALLED ON THIS POLE.

Received
29 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mayfield & Five Ashes
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided28 Jun

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at ARGOS HILL LANE, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3QQ. Wealden has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Mayfield & Five Ashes. We hold 593 applications in total for the TN6 postcode area.

88% of all 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
TN6 3QQ
Application type
Overhead Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mayfield & Five Ashes

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Consultation expiry
27 June 2024
Consultation end
27 June 2024
Target decision date
10 July 2024
Committee meeting
28 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bircholt Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9XY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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