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7 Streatfield Gardens, Heathfield, TN21 8LW

WD/2025/2585/FFullRefused

Refused on 24 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

ANNEX TO REAR GARDEN.

Received
12 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heathfield North
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 7 STREATFIELD GARDENS, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8LW. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Heathfield North. We hold 957 applications in total for the TN21 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 proposed annexe by reason of its excessive size and scale would result in overdevelopment of the plot and would lack subservience to the modestly proportioned host dwelling. The design of the annexe with a substantial area of flat roof would be unsympathetic to the existing dwelling and would be incongruous when viewed against the host dwelling and others in the locality. As such, it is considered that the proposed annexe would conflict with Saved Policies HG10 and EN27 along with the advice contained within Section 10 of the Wealden Design Guide due to its excessive size and scale, unsympathetic design and inappropriate finish.
  2. Insufficient information has been provided to ascertain the amount or degree of excavation that would be required to enable the development or how the substantial difference in land levels resulting from this excavation would be managed without significant hard landscaping, the details of which have not been provided beyond their description. As such, and in the absence of information to the contrary, future occupiers of the proposed annexe would be put at an unacceptable risk due to land instability. Therefore the proposal would be contrary to Saved Policy EN14 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998 and paragraph 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate the proposed development would not result in adverse impacts on trees with amenity value and therefore the proposal would be contrary to Saved Policies EN12 and EN14 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998 and paragraph 187 and 193 of the National Planning Policy Framework. 4.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN21 8LW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heathfield & Waldron

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation start
28 January 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026
Committee meeting
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Gary Rayfield Unit 5 Tower Industrial Estate London Road Wrotham Kent TN15 7NS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 January 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100060126518
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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

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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.

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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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