Little Bigknowle Farm, Bigknowle Hill, Broad Oak, Heathfield, TN21 8UU

WD/2025/2594/FRFull - RetrospectiveApproved

Full

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

CONVERSION OF CURTILAGE LISTED SUSSEX BARN TO ONE DWELLING INCLUDING REPLACEMENT SINGLE-STOREY ADDITION, PLUS ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT - THIS APPLICATION TO REPLACE PREVIOUS APPROVAL GRANTED UNDER REFERENCES WD/2020/1481F AND WD/2020/1482/LB.

Received: 12 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wealden District Council
Ward: Horam & Punnetts Town

ReceivedReceived12 Nov
ValidatedValidated13 Nov
Consult.Consultation5 Jan
TargetTarget Date27 Feb
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 190 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at LITTLE BIGKNOWLE FARM, BIGKNOWLE HILL, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UU. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 191 days, 19 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Horam & Punnetts Town. We hold 957 applications in total for the TN21 postcode area.

79% of amendment 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: TN21 8UU
Application type: Full - Retrospective
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Heathfield & Waldron

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 5 January 2026
Consultation start: 11 December 2025
Consultation end: 5 January 2026
Target decision date: 27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Oakhurst Studio Horam Heathfield East Sussex TN21 0LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 106 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 5 January 2026
Site notice start: 11 December 2025

Additional information

UPRN: 10033414400
Documents: 75

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Little Bigknowle FarmhouseOn this site
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
Ancient woodland: Froghole Bridge ShawPart of the site · +9 more

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, conservation 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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

2025
17 Nov
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2 & 5 ATTACHED TO WD/2024/1454/LBR
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideWD/2025/2624/CD
2025
17 Nov
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4, 5 AND 15 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2456/LB
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideWD/2025/2625/CD
2025
17 Nov
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3 AND 4 ATTACHED TO WD/2024/1162/FR
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideWD/2025/2626/CD
2025
12 Nov
CONVERSION OF CURTILAGE LISTED SUSSEX BARN TO ONE DWELLING INCLUDING REPLACEMENT SINGLE-STOREY ADDITION, PLUS…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideWD/2025/2593/LBR
2025
12 Nov
CONVERSION OF CURTILAGE LISTED SUSSEX BARN TO ONE DWELLING INCLUDING REPLACEMENT SINGLE-STOREY ADDITION, PLUS…
This applicationApprovedAmendmentWD/2025/2594/FR

Planning history at this site

2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Wealden

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