STARLINGS Doleham Lane, Westfield, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4ST Data via plota.co.uk
Approved
RR/2026/0313/DPO
Description
Application to discharge S106 Planning Obligation. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Site constraints 6
High Weald National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath about 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 11 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Historical activity at this location
14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
First House, Pattletons Farm, Westfield TN35 4ST
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a hard standing.
2025
Approved
First House, Pattletons Farm, Westfield TN35 4ST
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a hard standing.
2024
Approved
First House, Doleham Lane, Westfield, TN35 4ST
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed agricultural buildi…
2024
Approved
First House, Doleham Lane, Westfield, TN35 4ST
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed agricultural buildi…
2021
Approved
First House - land to the North of, Pattletons Farm, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Change of use of existing field to allow placement of two 6 metre yurts and compost toile…
2021
Refused
Pattletons Barn, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Proposed single storey rear extension.
2021
Approved
Pattletons Barn, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed installation of new doors.
2021
Refused
Pattletons Barn, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Erect rear extension and install new doors.
2019
Approved
First House, Pattletons Farm, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Proposed farm building.
2019
Approved
First House, Pattletons Farm, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Proposed farm building.
2018
First House, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Proposed tractor shed.
2018
First House, Doleham Lane, Westfield TN35 4ST
Proposed tractor shed.
Rother
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#252 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
Rother is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #292 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 71% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).
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Rother decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #141 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #88 of 296
25%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #292 of 296
71%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #287 of 296
72%
Minor dwellings approved
127 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
36 decided
739
Total decisions
84 refused in the year to March 2026