Little Common Recreation Ground Green Lane, Bexhill-on-sea, TN39 4PH Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/1000/FULL - Full Planning Pending Consideration

Proposal

Erection of new cricket practice nets. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
12 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 6 Feb 2027 and 7 Apr 2027, from Rother's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 4

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF cricket nets visual.pdf Plans · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

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), 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.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 24 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
Rother
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
TN39 4PH
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Oct 2026
Ward
St Marks
Parish
Bexhill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Rother usually decides commercial and major works by day 145.

Day 21124 days to the predicted decision (day 145)
5%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
14%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Rother in the last twelve months, from validation. Rother decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Dec 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