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Church Barn Farm, Church Lane, Ninfield, TN33 9JW

WD/2024/2800/FFullApproved

Approved on 25 February 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FROM PART-AGRICULTURAL AND PART-B8 STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION TO FORESTRY MACHINERY STORE, AND PROPOSED EXTENSION TO THE HEIGHT OF THE ROOF OF THE EXISTING BARN TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.’

Received
6 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at CHURCH BARN FARM, CHURCH LANE, NINFIELD, TN33 9JW. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels. We hold 2,299 applications in total for the TN33 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
TN33 9JW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ninfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024
Consultation expiry
31 January 2025
Consultation start
10 January 2025
Consultation end
31 January 2025
Target decision date
3 March 2025
Committee meeting
25 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Elm Cottage Marlpits Lane Ninfield Battle East Sussex TN33 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 January 2025

Additional information

UPRN
100061939095
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Church WoodPart of the site
  • 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, National Landscapes, 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.

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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