CHERRY TREE NURSERY Hawkhurst Road, Flimwell, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7QL Data via plota.co.uk

Pending RR/2026/0470/ADV - Advertisement Consent
Signs & adverts
Council
Rother 2.5/10
Date received
30 Apr 2026
Postcode
TN5 7QL
Type
Advertisement Consent

Description

Installation of one hanging sign, at the entrance and two flat advertising boards fixed to the existing fence, and on the barn. Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 137.

Day 137, past the statutory target. 91% of advertisement consent 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 24 Aug 2026.

Day 13781 days past the 56-day target
70%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
5,732decided in the last year

Plota live figures for advertisement consent decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent advertisement consent in Rother to go on. Rother decision record →

Site constraints 4

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.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.
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 11 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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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Refused
Cherry Tree Nursery, Hawkhurst Road, Flimwell, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 8no. dwellings with access, parking and…
RR/2020/174/P
2020 Refused
Cherry Tree Nursery, Hawkhurst Road, Flimwell, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 8no. dwellings with access, parking and…
RR/2020/174/P
2018 Approved
Old Police House, Lower Platts, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Proposed two storey side extension and internal alterations.
RR/2018/3050/P
2018 Approved
Old Police House, Lower Platts, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Proposed two storey side extension and internal alterations.
RR/2018/3050/P
2017 Approved
The Weald Smokery, Mount Farm, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Single storey extension. (Part retrospective)
RR/2017/2213/P
2017 Approved
The Weald Smokery, Mount Farm, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Single storey extension. (Part retrospective)
RR/2017/2213/P
2016 Approved
The Weald Smokery, Mount Farm, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Extension to existing shop to provide A3 cafe use.
RR/2016/2059/P
2016 Approved
The Weald Smokery, Mount Farm, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Extension to existing shop to provide A3 cafe use.
RR/2016/2059/P
2016 Refused
Cherry Tree Nursery, The Mount, Hawkhurst Road, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Change of use to residential development of one two storey, detached, 5 bedroom house wit…
RR/2016/1574/P
2016 Refused
Cherry Tree Nursery, The Mount, Hawkhurst Road, Ticehurst TN5 7QL
Change of use to residential development of one two storey, detached, 5 bedroom house wit…
RR/2016/1574/P
Rother
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#252 of 296 councils
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Other 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