Broadstone Warren Scout Camp, Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5JS Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/2263/FR - Full - Retrospective Approved

Proposal

Retrospective planning application for erection of 12no. Deck bases and two ancillary buildings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Oct 2025
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Validated
23 Oct 2025
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Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 27

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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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection area 295 m away: Ashdown Forest
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 384 m away: Ashdown Forest SSSI; Priority habitat 14 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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
Wealden
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Postcode
RH18 5JS
Received
1 Oct 2025
Validated
23 Oct 2025
Ward
Forest Row
Parish
Forest Row
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
LHAArchitecture + Design Limited
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 274 days from validation, 219 days slower than Wealden's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
1,002decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
6 Nov 2025
Comments by
29 May 2026
Site or press notice
6 Nov 2025
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.