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Orchard Farm, Scrapers Hill, Chiddingly, BN8 6HQ

WD/2026/0428/P04PD Change of use from Agricultural to DwellingsDecided
Discharge / amendments

Decided on 9 June 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission Required

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF A BUILDING AND LAND WITHIN ITS CURTILAGE FROM AN AGRICULTURAL USE TO A USE FALLING WITHIN CLASS C3 (DWELLINGHOUSE), TOGETHER WITH BUILDING OPERATIONS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO CONVERT THE BUILDING.

Received
26 February 2026
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at ORCHARD FARM, SCRAPERS HILL, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HQ. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 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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Application details

Postcode
BN8 6HQ
Application type
PD Change of use from Agricultural to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiddingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 April 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
11 April 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bloomfields 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Kent TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 March 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10033403335
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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