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Forge Cottage, Withyham Road, Withyham, TN7 4BD

WD/2026/1197/LDELawful Development - Existing UseRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 10 August 2026

Council decision: Not Issue Certificate

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

THE TWO PADDOCK'S TO THE NORTH WEST OF FORGE COTTAGE ARE PRIMARILY USED FOR PRIVATE EQUESTRIAN PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OWNERS OF FORGE COTTAGE NOT AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. THIS INCLUDES ANY ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO MANAGE THE WELFARE OF THE HORSES.

Received
15 June 2026
Ward
Withyham
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at FORGE COTTAGE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BD. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Withyham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Withyham. We hold 793 applications in total for the TN7 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
TN7 4BD
Application type
Lawful Development - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026
Target decision date
12 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Forge Cottage Withyham Hartfield TN7 4BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
10033415082
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Withyham Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Forge CottageOn this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald

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

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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