Broadgreen Farm, Broad Street Green, Hooe, TN33 9HN Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0433/F - Full Refused

Proposal

Proposed change of use of the land for siting of temporary mobile home. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 Mar 2026
Refused
3 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 3 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 29

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
Public footpath 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m.
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.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Full
Postcode
TN33 9HN
Received
26 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Ward
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
Parish
Hooe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
3 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Acorus Rural Property Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 130 days from validation, 75 days slower than Wealden's median of 55 for changes of use. Refused, as 19% 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
17 Apr 2026
Comments by
9 May 2026
Site or press notice
17 Apr 2026
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