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Hockham Farm, Tilley Lane, Boreham Street, Wartling, BN27 4UT

WD/2026/0159/FFullApproved

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

SMALL EXTENSION TO EXISTING CHEESE MAKING BUSINESS REQUIRING CHANGE OF USE OF 8 SQ.M. OF AGRICULTURAL BARN TO CHEESE MAKING (CLASS B2). EXTENSION HOUSED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at HOCKHAM FARM, TILLEY LANE, BOREHAM STREET, WARTLING, BN27 4UT. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 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
BN27 4UT
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wartling

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
8 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hockham Farm Tilley Lane Boreham Street Wartling East Sussex BN27 4UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 April 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100060122605
Documents
11

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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