Byeways House, Swife Lane, Broad Oak, Heathfield, TN21 8UR Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0976/F - Full Approved

Proposal

Proposed dormer window and removal of existing porch and replace with a lean to porch and log store. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 May 2026
Approved
30 Jun 2026

Approved on 30 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

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.
Priority habitat: No main habitat but additional habitats present
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Burwash Common built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
Postcode
TN21 8UR
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Ward
Horam & Punnetts Town
Parish
Heathfield & Waldron
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
30 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chris Saunders Associates Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 18 days faster than Wealden's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 89% of extensions here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
504decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Jun 2026
Comments by
23 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
2 Jun 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