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Blakes Farm, Stalkers Lane, Chiddingly, BN8 6HF

WD/2025/1754/FFullRefused

Refused on 20 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

CONVERSION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS INTO 2 DWELLINGS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS.

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 175 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at BLAKES FARM, STALKERS LANE, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HF. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 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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Why it was refused

  1. The development would be situated in an area which is lacking in public transport options and would result in occupiers of the dwellings being wholly reliant on use of the private car to access even the most basic services. As such, it does not encourage the reduction of the need to travel by car as it does not concentrate development where it can most closely relate to public transport opportunities. The proposal also fails to promote sustainable development in rural areas, and would not enhance or maintain the vitality of rural communities, due to its unsustainable location. The harm caused by allowing development in this remote location would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits. As such, the proposal fails to accord with Policy SP07 of the Wealden Local Plan: Core Strategy 2013, saved policy EN1 of the Local Plan 1998, and paragraphs 10, 11 and 83 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN8 6HF
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chiddingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
17 October 2025
Consultation start
26 September 2025
Consultation end
17 October 2025
Target decision date
25 February 2026
Committee meeting
19 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Greenhayes Studio 106 Hastings Road Battle East Sussex TN33 0TW

Planning decision

Statutory period
180 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 October 2025
Site notice start
26 September 2025

Additional information

UPRN
10033413513
Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Long ShawPart 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    28 Mar

    CONVERSION OF 2 CHICKEN SHEDS INTO 2 DWELLINGS.

    RefusedFullWD/2025/0850/F

Source: Wealden

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