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Bircholt, Marlpits Lane, Ninfield, TN33 9LD

WD/2025/0316/FFullRefused

Refused on 4 April 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PROPOSED NEW DWELLING

Received
11 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at BIRCHOLT, MARLPITS LANE, NINFIELD, TN33 9LD. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker 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 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 9LD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ninfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Consultation expiry
19 March 2025
Consultation start
26 February 2025
Consultation end
19 March 2025
Target decision date
9 April 2025
Committee meeting
4 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Creative Media Centre 45 Robertson Street Hastings TN38 0GP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 February 2025

Appeal history

3372124
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 January 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN
100062570310
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart 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, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    27 Jun

    TO CHANGE THE USE OF BIRCH HOLT RETIREMENT HOME TO A BED AND BREAKFAST

    WithdrawnFullWD/2017/1519/F

Source: Wealden

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