THE ELMS Grove Lane, Iden, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7PY Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2025/1978/HOU - Householder Planning Approved

Proposal

Proposed internal alterations and extension to the Main Dwelling; Proposed external and internal alterations to the Outbuilding and proposed replacement of adjacent Greenhouse. Proposed site wide hard and soft landscaping including alterations to access driveway, installation of PV panels and reinstatement of existing Tennis Court. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
week of 3 Nov 2025
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Validated
7 Nov 2025
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Approved
week of 1 Jun 2026

Approved in the week of 1 Jun 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 76

Plans & drawings 67

PDF GCN mitigation Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Greenhouse Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Elevations - Cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Elevations - Cart Shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Roof-Plan - cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF -Proposed-Ground-Floor- old cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition-Roof-Floor - Cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition-Ground-Floor- cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Roof-Plan - cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Ground-Floor-Plan. - cart shed Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Elevations-East-and-West - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Elevations-South-and-North - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Elevations-East-and-West.- main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Elevations-South-and-North - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF -Proposed-Roof-Plan - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Second-Floor-Plan - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-First-Floor- main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Ground-Floor- Main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF A-Proposed-Site-Plan-PV-Panels Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF 3B-Proposed-Site-Plan Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed-Block-Plan Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition-Roof-Plan Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition-Second-Floor- main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF -Demolition-First-Floor- main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Demolition-Ground-Floor- main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Roof-Plan. - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Second-Floor - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF -Existing-First-Floor-Plan - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Ground-Floor-Plan - main house Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF 3A-Existing-Site-Plan Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing-Block-Plan Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Location Plan - amended Amended Plan · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A1.51_3A - Proposed Roof Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A1.50_3A - Proposed Ground Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A1.31_3A - Demolition Roof Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A1.30_3A - Demolition Ground Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A2.00_3A - Existing Elevations.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A1.10_3A - Existing Ground Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A2.21_3A - Proposed Elevations - East and West.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A1.11_3A - Existing Roof Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A2.00_3A - Existing Elevations - South and North.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A2.20_3A - Proposed Elevations - South and North.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A2.01_3A - Existing Elevations - East and West.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.53_3A - Proposed Roof Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.40_3A - Proposed Block Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.33_3A - Demolition Roof Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.51_3A - Proposed First Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.50_3A - Proposed Ground Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.52_3A - Proposed Second Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.13_3A - Existing Roof Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.32_3A - Demolition Second Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.31_3A - Demolition First Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.30_3A - Demolition Ground Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.12_3A - Existing Second Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.10_3A - Existing Ground Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.11_3A - Existing First Floor Plan.pdf Plans · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.00_3A - Site Location Plan.pdf Site Location Plan · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.01_3A - Existing Block Plan.pdf Block Plan · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 25140_351-Treeworks and Tree Planting Plan.pdf Plans · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 25140_102-Hardworks Plan.pdf Plans · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 25140_301-Softworks Plan.pdf Plans · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 25140_056-Proposed Site Plan.pdf Site Location Plan · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF The Elms_Proposed Greenhouse.pdf Plans · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.41_3A - Proposed Site Plan.pdf Block Plan · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_MH_A1.02_3A - Existing Site Plan.pdf Site Location Plan · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF 2504_OB_A2.20_3A - Proposed Elevations.pdf Plans · 7 Nov 2025 View ↗
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Site constraints 4

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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 about 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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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 1

Last sold for £1,800,000 in August 2025. Other property, freehold.

28 August 2025£1,800,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
Householder Planning
Postcode
TN31 7PY
Received
week of 3 Nov 2025
Validated
7 Nov 2025
Parish
Iden
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Jun 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
week of 1 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
TaylorHare Architects

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
3 Jun 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.