Veitch Barns, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, RH18 5NE
Proposal
CHANGE OF USE OF A BUILDING AND LAND WITHIN ITS CURTILAGE FROM AN AGRICULTURAL USE TO A FLEXIBLE USE FALLING WITHIN CLASS B8 in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Class R.3(1)(a)) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
- Received
- 13 August 2026
- Decided
- 27 August 2026 · Application constitutes Permitted Development
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Hartfield
- ReceivedSubmitted13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided27 Aug
Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for a change of use at VEITCH BARNS, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5NE. Wealden has handled 2 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 14 days. This one was decided in 14 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Hartfield. We hold 293 applications in total for the RH18 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202616 Jun
CHANGE OF USE FROM AGRICULTURAL USE TO USE CLASS B8 (STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION).
WithdrawnAmendmentWD/2026/1208/P02 - 202614 May
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF BARN 2 FROM AGRICULTURAL USE TO USE CLASS B8 in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 2…
ApprovedAmendmentWD/2026/0990/N02 - 20205 Nov
CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BARN AND LAND TO USE AS DOGGY DAY CARE.
ApprovedFullWD/2020/2268/F
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- SSSI: Ashdown Forest SSSINext to the site
- Special Area of Conservation: Ashdown ForestNext to the site
- Special Protection Area: Ashdown ForestNext to the site
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 (18)
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, 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© 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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