Hursthaven, New Road, Hellingly, BN27 4EW Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0889/FA - Full - Non Compliance of Condition Approved

Proposal

Removal of condition 3 of (revisions to original grant of permission for new dwelling and garaging) to remove agricultural occupancy condition Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
8 May 2026
Approved
25 Jun 2026

Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). From a field survey (Reading). The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Survey report ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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 listed building 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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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Full - Non Compliance of Condition
Postcode
BN27 4EW
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
8 May 2026
Ward
Hellingly
Parish
Hellingly
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ashdown Planning Consultants

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 May 2026
Comments by
5 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
14 May 2026
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