Barn Cottage, Hourne Farm, Eridge Road, Crowborough, TN6 2DZ Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0336/LDE - Lawful Development - Existing Use Decided
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Use of Barn Cottage as independant C3 dwelling house Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Mar 2026
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Issue Certificate
12 May 2026

Issue Certificate on 12 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 12 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Site Plan Document · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 9

PDF Planning History Document · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Other new applications on this street

1 Jul 2026Pending

1 MANOR PLACE, ERIDGE ROAD, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SS

WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (CROWBOROUGH) TPO/2011/0015

TM/2026/0061/TG
1 Apr 2026Withdrawn

CLOVELLY, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SR

FELL ONE SILVER BIRCH TREE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 28, 1988

TM/2026/0057/TPO

Nearby new applications

14 Jul 2026Approved

WOODLAND WEST OF PAYNE CLOSE UNDER TPO2011/0017 NEAR POST CODE TN6 2FH

T51 - CHERRY, FELL TO GROUND. T52 - ASH, FELL TO GROUND 3 STEMS. HOLLY, FELL TO ...

TM/2026/0155/TPO
1 Jul 2026Pending

1 MANOR PLACE, ERIDGE ROAD, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SS

WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (CROWBOROUGH) TPO/2011/0015

TM/2026/0061/TG
1 Jul 2026Pending

1 MANOR PLACE, ERIDGE ROAD, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SS

WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (CROWBOROUGH) TPO/2011/0015

TM/2026/0061/TPO

Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Lawful Development - Existing Use
Postcode
TN6 2DZ
Received
17 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Crowborough North
Parish
Crowborough
Case officer
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Target decision
12 May 2026
Decision
Issue Certificate
Decision date
12 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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Historical activity at this location

13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Decided
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 12 ATTACHED…
WD/2023/2634/CD
2023 Decided
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 12 ATTACHED…
WD/2023/2634/CD
2023 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING FOR STORAGE USE TO REPLACE EXISTING STORM DAMAGED BUILDING.
WD/2023/0565/F
2023 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING FOR STORAGE USE TO REPLACE EXISTING STORM DAMAGED BUILDING.
WD/2023/0565/F
2023
Lower Ashwood Farm, Eridge Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2DZ
Retrospective application to regularise the continued use of the site as a waste recyclin…
WD/883/CM
2023 Withdrawn
Lower Ashwood Farm, Eridge Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2DZ
Retrospective application to regularise the continued use of the site as a waste recyclin…
WD/872/CM
2022 Approved
HODGES FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
REPLACEMENT OF A SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING / STORE
WD/2022/0869/F
2022 Approved
HODGES FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
REPLACEMENT OF A SINGLE STOREY OUTBUILDING / STORE
WD/2022/0869/F
2021 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DZ
ERECTION OF A BUILDING FOR B8 STORAGE USE AND ASSOCIATED HARDSTANDING.
WD/2021/2590/F
2020 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SR
ERECTION OF A BARN TO STORE TIMBER AND THE SITING OF A STORAGE CONTAINER
WD/2020/1793/F
2020 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SR
ERECTION OF A BARN TO STORE TIMBER AND THE SITING OF A STORAGE CONTAINER
WD/2020/1793/F
2020 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SR
ERECTION OF A BUILDING TO STORE WOOD AND MANUFACTURE TIMBER FENCING PRODUCTS AND GATES.
WD/2020/2074/F
2020 Approved
LAND ADJOINING HOURNE FARM, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SR
ERECTION OF A BUILDING TO STORE WOOD AND MANUFACTURE TIMBER FENCING PRODUCTS AND GATES.
WD/2020/2074/F
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wealden ranks #132 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wealden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #231 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #227 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #132 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #156 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
170 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
32 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
82 decided
1,361
Total decisions
220 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings