Telham Farm, Land Adjacent To Hastings Road, Battle, East Sussex Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/1106/FN - Prior Notification Part 6/7 Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed Formation of Private Ways for Forestry use Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 03:09

Application progress

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Received

7 Sept 2026

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Approved

30 Sept 2026

Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

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.

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

SSSI 454 m away: Blackhorse Quarry SSSI; Tree preservation order 17 m away: East Sussex County Council (Branshill Farm, Telham, Near Battle) Tree Preservation Order, 1986; Inside the Telham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 6 October 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: Rother
Application type: Prior Notification Part 6/7
Received: 7 Sept 2026
Validated: 7 Sept 2026
Parish: Battle
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Oct 2026
Decision: FN DETAILS NOT REQ'D
Decision date: 30 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Blue Ridge Designs Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 5 days faster than Rother's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 61% of agricultural works here are.

This one23d

Council28d

UK44d

66%decided within 8 weeks

61%approved

47decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Rother in the last twelve months, from validation. Rother decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 5 Oct 2026

Rother

Planning Authority Score

2.5/10

Poor

#252 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Rother is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #292 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 71% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Rother decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #141 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #88 of 296

25%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #292 of 296

71%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #287 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

127 decided (1-9 homes)

89%

Major dwellings approved

9 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

36 decided

739

Total decisions

84 refused in the year to March 2026