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Fishers Gate House, Withyham, Hartfield, TN7 4BB

WD/2025/2885/FFullRefused

Refused on 28 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

Proposal

NEW PORTAL FRAME BARN TO ACCOMMODATE LOOSE BOXES, FEED STORE AND BACK ROOM FOR PRIVATE USE.

Received
22 December 2025
Ward
Hartfield
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 197 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at FISHERS GATE HOUSE, WITHYHAM, HARTFIELD, TN7 4BB. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Hartfield. We hold 793 applications in total for the TN7 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 proposal relies upon both on-site habitat enhancements and off-site biodiversity units to achieve the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) objective. Whilst the proposed ecological mitigation and enhancement measures are acceptable in principle, the necessary planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure the Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan, together with the long-term management, monitoring and maintenance of the biodiversity enhancements for a minimum period of 30 years, has not been completed. In the absence of a completed planning obligation, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain requirements will be secured and maintained. The proposal therefore fails to demonstrate compliance with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by the Environment Act 2021) and the mandatory Biodiversity Gain objective. 2.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN7 4BB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
16 January 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Heron House Laughton Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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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