Turks Farm, Swife Lane, Broad Oak, Heathfield, TN21 8UX Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/2876/F - Full Approved
Change of useDemolitionExtensions & alterationsNew homes

Proposal

Demolition of an existing pole barn and replacement with an annexe ancillary to the main house, storage and covered parking area. Associated change of use of land to residential. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Jun 2026
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Approved
22 Jul 2026

Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 23

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Design and Access Statement Document · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Document · 19 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Assessment Document · 16 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

PDF Elevations Document · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Floor Layout Document · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Site and Block Plan Document · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED Floor Layout Document · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED Elevations Document · 2 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Site and Block Plan Document · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF SUPERSEDED Site and Block Plan Document · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevations Document · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Floor Layout Document · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Document · 19 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Consultee Response Document · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF Condition Miscellaneous Document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL Documentation Document · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning History Document · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning History Document · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Full
Postcode
TN21 8UX
Received
2 Jun 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Mayfield & Five Ashes
Parish
Mayfield & Five Ashes
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
22 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Appleby Petfield Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 5 days faster than Wealden's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
89decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
25 Jun 2026
Comments by
17 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
25 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

17 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2017 Approved
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HAY STORAGE BARN FOR USE WITH EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STABLES.
WD/2017/2255/F
2017 Approved
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HAY STORAGE BARN FOR USE WITH EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STABLES.
WD/2017/2255/F
2016 Approved
REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING ENCLOSED BARN TO FORM AN INDOOR SAND SCHOOL. PROV…
WD/2016/2162/F
2016 Approved
REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING ENCLOSED BARN TO FORM AN INDOOR SAND SCHOOL. PROV…
WD/2016/2162/F
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 5, 8, 12, 13 ATTACHED TO WD/20…
WD/2022/2183/CD
2022 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 5, 8, 12, 13 ATTACHED TO WD/20…
WD/2022/2183/CD
2022 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD TN21 8UX
STORAGE BUILDING FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT AND LAKE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT WITH CRAFT BRE…
WD/2022/0917/F
2022 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD TN21 8UX
STORAGE BUILDING FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT AND LAKE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT WITH CRAFT BRE…
WD/2022/0917/F
2022 Approved
Lakedown Farm, Swife Lane, Broad Oak, Burwash Tn21 8ux,
Erection of storage building for agricultural equipment and lake maintenance equipment wi…
RR/2022/855/P
2022 Approved
Lakedown Farm, Swife Lane, Broad Oak, Burwash Tn21 8ux,
Erection of storage building for agricultural equipment and lake maintenance equipment wi…
RR/2022/855/P
2021 Approved
LAND AT LAKEDOWN TROUT FISHERY, BURWASH, TN21 8UX
CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL USE FOR THE EXISTING USE OF LAND AS AN OUTDOOR TROUT FISHERY FOR ME…
WD/2021/8016/AA
2018 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM BUNGALOW, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUNGALOW AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT FARM MANAGERS COTTAGE INC…
WD/2018/2533/F
2018 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM BUNGALOW, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUNGALOW AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT FARM MANAGERS COTTAGE INC…
WD/2018/2533/F
2018 Withdrawn
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUNGALOW AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT FARM MANAGER'S COTTAGE. (…
WD/2018/0989/F
2018 Withdrawn
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUNGALOW AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT FARM MANAGER'S COTTAGE. (…
WD/2018/0989/F
2017 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD TN21 8UX
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE UNITS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DETACHED 3 BEDROOM DWELLING.
WD/2017/1257/F
2017 Approved
LAKEDOWN FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD TN21 8UX
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STORAGE UNITS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DETACHED 3 BEDROOM DWELLING.
WD/2017/1257/F
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings