Whitesmith Barn, Whitesmith Lane, Whitesmith, BN8 6HA Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0441/FR - Full - Retrospective Refused
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Retrospective consent for use of existing garden suite approved under to be used as a separate dwelling but remaining tied to the freehold of Whitesmith Barn Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Mar 2026
✗
Refused
11 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Statement Document · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement Document · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF Block Plan Document · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Plan Document · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF General Plan Document · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED Block Plan Document · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED Site Plan Document · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form Document · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultee Response Document · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Planning History Document · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Grade II listed: Burchetts Cottage
List entry 1353306 · 24 m from the pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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

Checked on 12 September 2026. 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
Wealden
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Postcode
BN8 6HA
Received
17 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
Parish
Chiddingly
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 May 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
11 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Batcheller Monkhouse

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 19% of changes of use here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
89decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Mar 2026
Comments by
25 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
25 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
WHITESMITH FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA
PROPOSED 2 BAY GARAGE
WD/2022/2059/F
2022 Approved
WHITESMITH FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA
PROPOSED 2 BAY GARAGE
WD/2022/2059/F
2020 Approved
WHITESMITH FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA
CONVERSION OF EXISTING REDUNDANT STABLE BLOCK, ALTERATIONS AND MINOR EXTENSION, TO CREATE…
WD/2020/1876/F
2020 Approved
WHITESMITH FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA
CONVERSION OF EXISTING REDUNDANT STABLE BLOCK, ALTERATIONS AND MINOR EXTENSION, TO CREATE…
WD/2020/1876/F
2019 Approved
WHITESMITH FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA
CONVERSION OF EXISTING REDUNDANT STABLE BLOCK AND ALTERATIONS TO CREATE A NEW ACCESSIBLE…
WD/2019/1820/F
2019 Approved
WHITESMITH FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA
CONVERSION OF EXISTING REDUNDANT STABLE BLOCK AND ALTERATIONS TO CREATE A NEW ACCESSIBLE…
WD/2019/1820/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