20 High Street, East Hoathly, BN8 6EB Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0804/LB - Listed Building Consent Allocated to Officer

Proposal

Reinstate fireplace in sitting room with new surround, reinstate fireplace in dining room, widen existing doorway between kitchen and dining room, remove existing bathroom fittings to convert bathroom to a new bedroom, convert current bedroom into a bathroom with new heritage cast iron soil pipe alongside house on eastern side that will run into existing stack at rear of house. Remove lean-to on the eastern side. Remove oil tank from garden, add liquid petroleum gas (lpg) tank to garden and boiler to existing shed. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Apr 2026
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Validated
13 May 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 4 Oct 2026; it is now day 144. The consultation period closed on 26 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: The White House
List entry 1043249 · 3 m away · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
East Hoathly Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the East Hoathly built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £780,000 in April 2026. Detached house, freehold.

23 April 2026£780,000
20 April 2001£352,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
BN8 6EB
Received
21 Apr 2026
Validated
13 May 2026
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
Parish
East Hoathly with Halland
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Asher Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 144, past the statutory target. 93% of extensions in Wealden are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 30 Sept 2026.

Day 14488 days past the 56-day target
77%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
586decided 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
22 May 2026
Comments by
26 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
22 May 2026
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use