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2 County House, Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5AN

WD/2026/1320/FFullApproved

Approved on 17 August 2026

Council decision: Approval4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

INSTALLATION OF A SINGLE FRAMELESS FLAT ROOFLIGHT (APPROXIMATELY 600MM X 1200MM) TO THE EXISTING FLAT ROOF OF THE GROUND-FLOOR MAISONETTE, SET WITHIN A PURPOSE-BUILT TIMBER UPSTAND EXTENDING A MINIMUM OF 150MM ABOVE THE EXISTING ROOF SURFACE. NO EXTENSION TO THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT, NO INCREASE IN ROOF HEIGHT, AND NO CHANGE OF USE.

Received
30 June 2026
Ward
Forest Row
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 COUNTY HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AN. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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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Application details

Postcode
RH18 5AN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest Row

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026
Target decision date
26 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 County House Lewes Road Forest Row RH18 5AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

UPRN
10033404518
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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