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Forest Farm Cottages, Lewes Road, Chelwood Gate, RH17 7DA

WD/2026/1482/FFullAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

PROPOSED CONVERSION/CHANGE OF USE OF TWO FORMER AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDINGS, AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, TO CREATE A NEW DETACHED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.

Received
22 July 2026
Decision due
16 November 2026
Ward
Danehill & Fletching
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at FOREST FARM COTTAGES, LEWES ROAD, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7DA. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Danehill & Fletching. We hold 1,686 applications in total for the RH17 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
RH17 7DA
Application type
Full
Parish
Danehill

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Holly Cottage Baveney Wood Cleobury Mortimer Nr Kidderminster DY14 8JB

Planning decision

Decision
N/A
Case officer
Ms L Evans

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Sep

    PROPOSED CONVERSION/CHANGE OF USE OF TWO FORMER AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDINGS, AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, TO CREATE A…

    This applicationPendingFullWD/2026/1482/F
  2. 2026
    21 Sep

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE REBUILD OF ONE FORMER AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDING AND THE PROPOSED…

    PendingApplicationFiled alongsideWD/2026/1482/FR

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