Rose Cottage, the Street, Selmeston, BN26 6TY Data via plota.co.uk

TM/2026/0122/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 yew - reduce crown by 2-3m. T2 apple, T3 privet and T4 ceanothus - fell to ground level. Works subject to regulations designated (Selmeston) conservation area august 2017. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
3 Jun 2026
Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: East View Rose Cottage
List entry 1182893 · 3 m from the pin · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 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 ↗
Selmeston 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 ↗
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 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.
Scheduled monument 46 m away: Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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

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
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
BN26 6TY
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
3 Jun 2026
Ward
Arlington
Parish
Selmeston
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Jul 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 8 days faster than Wealden's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
133decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

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