ROBERTSBRIDGE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH High Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5AQ Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/0025/FULL - Full Planning Approved
Change of useListed buildingsNew homes

Proposal

Conversion of a Grade ll Listed Chapel to Residential Use Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jan 2026
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Approved
12 Jun 2026

Approved on 12 Jun 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Piper-plaque-method-statement Additional Information · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage statement_included_in_Archaeological assessment.pdf Supporting Information · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF URC Chapel Robertsbridge DBA Heritage Statement Feb 2020.pdf Supporting Information · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Amended External Light Detail Amended Plan · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Amended Proposed Floor Plans and Elevations Amended Plan · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 2266 D01 rev2 Existing Floor Plans and Elevations.pdf Plans · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF 2266 D04 rev4 Location Plan and Site Plans.pdf Block Plan · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Application Form - No Details · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF photo showing arch, windows and high level cornice detail Photographs · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF 2266 DAPS rev4.pdf Supporting Information · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

39 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 24, 26 and 28, High Street, Grade II, about 4 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 37 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Robertsbridge & Northbridge Street 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Town and Country Planning (County of East Sussex) Direction, 1959. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Robertsbridge built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
TN32 5AQ
Received
8 Jan 2026
Validated
8 Jan 2026
Parish
Salehurst
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Jun 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
12 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Price Whitehead

How this decision compares

Decided in 155 days from validation, 49 days slower than Rother's median of 106 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.

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
12 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
Conversion of the former church building to a single dwelling house (revision of RR/2019/…
RR/2020/623/L
2020 Approved
Conversion of the former church building to a single dwelling house (revision of RR/2019/…
RR/2020/622/P
2020 Approved
Conversion of the former church building to a single dwelling house (revision of RR/2019/…
RR/2020/623/L
2020 Approved
Conversion of the former church building to a single dwelling house (revision of RR/2019/…
RR/2020/622/P
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
High House, (previously Known As Adams Platt), High Street, Robertsbridge Tn32 5aq,
Proposed side extension to form porch and internal alterations.
RR/2025/1632/P
2025
High House, (previously Known As Adams Platt), High Street, Robertsbridge Tn32 5aq,
Proposed side extension to form porch and internal alterations.
RR/2025/1632/P
2025 Approved
The Mill - Land Near Northbridge Street Robertsbridge Tn32 5aa,
H1) Hedge cut - 2.5m height clearance off field/footways. Rotational cutting of faces - y…
RR/2025/1610/T
2025 Approved
The Mill - Land Near Northbridge Street Robertsbridge Tn32 5aa,
H1) Hedge cut - 2.5m height clearance off field/footways. Rotational cutting of faces - y…
RR/2025/1610/T
2024
Salehurst Vicarage, Land At Fair Lane, Salehurst/robertsbridge Tn32 5as,
Demolition of existing mission hall and vicarage and the erection of 10no. new build dwel…
RR/2024/998/P
2024
Salehurst Vicarage, Land At Fair Lane, Salehurst/robertsbridge Tn32 5as,
Demolition of existing mission hall and vicarage and the erection of 10no. new build dwel…
RR/2024/998/P
2023 Approved
16 Fair Lane, Salehurst/ Robertsbridge TN32 5AS
Alternative to previously approved scheme RR/2021/1602/P for a first floor rear extension…
RR/2023/1222/P
2023 Approved
16 Fair Lane, Salehurst/ Robertsbridge TN32 5AS
Alternative to previously approved scheme RR/2021/1602/P for a first floor rear extension…
RR/2023/1222/P
2023 Refused
20 High Street, Salehurst/ Robertsbridge TN32 5AQ
Rear extension and internal alterations to first floor.
RR/2023/52/P
2023 Refused
20 High Street, Salehurst/ Robertsbridge TN32 5AQ
Rear extension and internal alterations to first floor.
RR/2023/53/L
2023 Refused
20 High Street, Salehurst/ Robertsbridge TN32 5AQ
Rear extension and internal alterations to first floor.
RR/2023/52/P
2023 Refused
20 High Street, Salehurst/ Robertsbridge TN32 5AQ
Rear extension and internal alterations to first floor.
RR/2023/53/L
2022 Approved
30 Fair Lane, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AS
Erection of rear single storey extension.
RR/2022/2134/L
2022 Approved
30 Fair Lane, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AS
Erection of rear single storey extension.
RR/2022/2133/P
2022 Approved
30 Fair Lane, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AS
Erection of rear single storey extension.
RR/2022/2134/L
2022 Approved
30 Fair Lane, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AS
Erection of rear single storey extension.
RR/2022/2133/P
2022 Approved
36 High Street, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AL
Refurbishment and restoration of the integrity and fabric of the Grade 2 Listed Building…
RR/2022/2345/L
2022 Approved
36 High Street, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AL
Refurbishment and restoration of the integrity and fabric of the Grade 2 Listed Building…
RR/2022/2345/L
2022 Refused
20 High Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5AQ
Proposed replacement and repair to existing windows. Rear 1st floor extension and interna…
RR/2022/992/L
2022 Refused
20 High Street, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5AQ
Proposed replacement and repair to existing windows. Rear 1st floor extension and interna…
RR/2022/992/L
2016 Approved
3 Abbey Mews, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AD
Single storey rear extension & extension to existing dormer window to rear.
RR/2016/1136/P
2016 Approved
38 High Street, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AL
Internal alterations and repairs including new first floor bathroom and drainage and exte…
RR/2016/739/L
2016 Approved
38 High Street, Salehurst/Robertsbridge TN32 5AL
Internal alterations and repairs including new first floor bathroom and drainage and exte…
RR/2016/739/L
2016 Approved
1 Pelham Walk, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5BP
Removal of leylandii hedge.
RR/2016/1487/T
2016 Approved
1 Pelham Walk, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5BP
Removal of leylandii hedge.
RR/2016/1487/T
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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings