Upper Verds, Cousley Wood Road, Wadhurst, TN5 6EY
Refused on 7 October 2025
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING LINK EXTENSION AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS. CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE INTO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION WITH STORAGE IN THE ROOF AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ENTRANCE. REPLACEMENT BATHROOM WINDOWS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL.
- Received
- 23 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Frant & Wadhurst
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated27 May
- Consult.Consultation3 Oct
- TargetTarget Date7 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Oct
Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at UPPER VERDS, COUSLEY WOOD ROAD, WADHURST, TN5 6EY. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Cousley Wood conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.
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
- TN5 6EY
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Wadhurst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 October 2025
- Committee meeting
- 6 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Wool Store Fullers Way Biddenden Ashford TN27 8FQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 133 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 10 September 2025
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10033411662
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Pell Green and Cousley Wood Conservation Area
- 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.
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Oct
REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING PORCH AND LINK, AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE-STOREY GLAZED LINK EXTENSION…
PendingFullWD/2026/1923/F - 202623 Sep
REPAIRS TO THE REAR SOUTH AND EAST FIRST FLOOR TILE HUNG ELEVATIONS, REPAIR AND REDECORATION OF GUTTERS AND…
PendingListed building consentWD/2026/1924/LB
Source: Wealden
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