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Bivelham Farm, Witherenden Road, Mayfield, TN20 6RS

WD/2025/2894/FFullApproved

Approved on 28 May 2026

Council decision: Approval16 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION OF REDUNDANT AGRICUTURAL BUILDINGS, TO FORM A SINGLE SELF-BUILD DWELLING

Received
24 December 2025
Ward
Mayfield & Five Ashes
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at BIVELHAM FARM, WITHERENDEN ROAD, MAYFIELD, TN20 6RS. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 14 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Mayfield & Five Ashes. We hold 713 applications in total for the TN20 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
TN20 6RS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mayfield & Five Ashes

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Paul Webster PO Box 573 Tunbridge Wells TN2 9WF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 February 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10033410501
Documents
32

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald

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

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© 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: Wealden

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