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Hambro Hall, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, RH18 5DZ

WD/2026/0259/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

NEW EXTERNAL DOOR WITH CANOPY OVER ON WEST ELEVATION, NEW EXTERNAL DOOR ON EAST ELEVATION OF MODERN EXTENSION, REPLACEMENT ROOFLIGHT, INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PV PANELS ON EXISTING FLAT ROOF AND AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP ON SOUTHERN ELEVATION AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL PLANT EQUIPMENT. VARIOUS INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO PROVIDE BETTER DISABLED ACCESS AND FLEXIBLE HALL SPACE INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF A POCKET DOOR. INSTALLATION OF SECONDARY GLAZING TO CRITTALL WINDOWS.

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Forest Row
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at HAMBRO HALL, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DZ. Wealden has handled 842 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Forest Row conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Forest Row. We hold 300 applications in total for the RH18 postcode area.

84% of heritage 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
RH18 5DZ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
19 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026
Committee meeting
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Nicolas Pople 2 Springhill Orchard Weirwood Forest Row RH18 5HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 March 2026
Site notice start
19 February 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10024375122
Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Forest Row Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Forest Row SchoolOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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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© 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.

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  2. 2026
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