Henry Oscar House Hogtrough Lane, Winchelsea, East Sussex, TN36 4AF Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/0115/FULL - Full Planning Pending Consideration

Proposal

Change of use of building and land from holiday let accommodation to permanent dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
29 Jan 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 253.

Site constraints 10

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.
Winchelsea conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Rother District Council (Winchelsea Conservation Area, Winchelsea, East Sussex) Article 4 Direction, 2007 · East Sussex (Winchelsea) Direction, 1970. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Scheduled monument about 51 m away: Medieval town of Winchelsea
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ramsar wetland about 252 m away: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Designation record ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 211 m away: Winchelsea Cutting SSSI; Tree preservation order about 13 m away: The Rural District of Battle (Icklesham No. 1) Tree Preservation Order, 1971; Inside the Winchelsea Beach built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
TN36 4AF
Received
29 Jan 2026
Validated
29 Jan 2026
Parish
Icklesham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Bloomfields Chartered Town Planners

Decision outlook

Day 253, past the statutory target. 42% of changes of use in Rother are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 253197 days past the 56-day target
17%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
108decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Rother in the last twelve months, from validation. Rother decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 Jun 2026
Rother
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#252 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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