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Land At Westlyn (South Of Poundfield Road) And Dairylands (North Of Poundfield Road), Chalvington BN27 3TQ

WD/2026/0588/FFullRefused

Refused on 17 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF DWELLING AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING AT WESTLYN. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUSINESS UNIT ON LAND KNOWN AS DAIRYLANDS AND ERECTION OF NEW SELF-BUILD DETACHED DWELLING. BOTH SITES TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING WORKS.

Received
19 March 2026
Ward
Arlington
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at LAND AT WESTLYN (SOUTH OF POUNDFIELD ROAD) AND DAIRYLANDS (NORTH OF POUNDFIELD ROAD), CHALVINGTON BN27 3TQ. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Arlington. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application site occupies a remote location outside a development boundary in a rural location in the countryside where new housing is resisted and where there is very limited access to local and day-to-day services other than by private car. The provision of a net increase of one dwelling would not significantly or demonstrably outweigh this. The site does not therefore constitute a sustainable location for housing contrary to GD2, EN1 and DC17 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998; Spatial Planning Objectives SPO7 and SPO13 and Policies WCS6 and WCS14 of the Wealden Core Strategy 2013; and the guidance contained in the NPPF.
  2. The introduction of a substantial new dwelling at Dairylands, whilst replacing a modest utilitarian building in a commercial use, would result in visual harm by virtue of its scale and form, eroding the rural character of the lane through the introduction of an alien and incongruous form of development which would consolidate the sporadic built form in the locality and result in a domestication of the site. The palette of materials is not informed by a good understanding of the local vernacular and would result in an alien and visually discordant form of development which would be contrary to saved Policies DC17, EN8 and EN27 of the WLP (1998), Strategic Planning Objectives SPO13 and SPO14 and Policy WCS14 of the WCS (2013), and the guidance contained within the NPPF. 3.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN27 3TQ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chalvington & Ripe

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 May 2026
Consultation end
9 May 2026
Target decision date
25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 May 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10033401702
Documents
28

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.

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