Poolhouse Cottage and the Pool House, Gildridge, Whitesmith, Chiddingly BN8 6JD Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1234/F - Full Allocated to Officer

Proposal

Partial demolition, conversion and extension of Poolhouse Cottage and Pool House structure to form a tourist accommodation unit. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 02:25

Application progress

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Received

16 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 1 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 14 Sept 2026; it is now day 60. The consultation period closed on 28 Aug 2026.

Documents 25

Statements & assessments 3

PDF Design and Access Statement Document · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement Document · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Statement Document · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 16

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Document · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultee Response Document · 30 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Gildridge

List entry 1286326 · 0 m from the pin

Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Public footpath 13 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.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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: 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 27 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

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: BN8 6JD
Received: 16 Jul 2026
Validated: 16 Jul 2026
Ward: Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
Parish: Chiddingly
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Lewis and Co Planning SE Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 60, past the statutory target. 79% of changes of use in Wealden are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 15 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Sept 2026.

predicted

Day 604 days past the 56-day target

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: 31 Jul 2026
Comments by: 28 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 31 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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2018 Approved

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2018 Approved

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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

Poolhouse Cottage and the Pool House, Gildridge, Whitesmith, Chiddingly BN8 6JD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 25

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 16

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 3

Site constraints 5

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