Knowle House, Wadhurst Road, Frant, TN3 9EJ Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/7047/AD - Agricultural Determination Refused

Proposal

Steel portal frame building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
3 Nov 2025
✗
Refused
24 Nov 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 24 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

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
Priority habitat 4 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the The Platt 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 9 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £265,000 in November 1996. Detached house, freehold.

22 November 1996£265,000
20 September 1995£250,000

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
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
TN3 9EJ
Received
31 Oct 2025
Validated
3 Nov 2025
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
Parish
Frant
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Dec 2025
Decision
Planning Permission Required
Decision date
24 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Savills (UK) Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 6 days faster than Wealden's median of 27 for prior approvals. Refused, as 33% of prior approvals here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
121decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals 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:
Householder 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