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Mount Pleasant, School Lane, St Johns, Crowborough, TN6 1SB

WD/2026/0212/FRFull - RetrospectiveRefused
Full

Refused on 28 May 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A BUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE HOUSE AND CHANGE OF USE OF THE SMALL AREA ON WHICH THE BUILDING IS SITED TO RESIDENTIAL USE

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hartfield
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at MOUNT PLEASANT, SCHOOL LANE, ST JOHNS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1SB. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across Hartfield. We hold 593 applications in total for the TN6 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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Why it was refused

  1. The extension of the residential garden into agricultural land, together with the associated engineering operations and domestic paraphernalia, represents an unjustified encroachment into the countryside that erodes the rural character and appearance of the area. The development undermines the purpose of the defined development boundary and introduces an urbanising form of development into an otherwise open setting, contrary to saved Policies GD2, EN1 and EN27 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998.
  2. The outbuilding, by virtue of its siting, scale, use of materials, separation from the host dwelling and level of accommodation, fails to appear as a subordinate or ancillary form of development and instead presents as an isolated and incongruous structure within the streetscene and wider landscape. The proposal does not reflect the prevailing pattern of development and, given its separation of approximately 20 metres from the host dwelling, fails to comply with the expectation that annexes should be physically attached and not lend themselves to independent occupation. The development is therefore contrary to saved Policies EN27 and DC19 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN6 1SB
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
20 April 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Bank Chambers London Road CROWBOROUGH TN6 2TT

Planning decision

Statutory period
105 days

Publicity

Site notice start
26 February 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100060110084
Documents
17

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

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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