Artemis Cottage, Withyham Road, Withyham, TN7 4BE Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/2717/NMA - Non-material amendment Refused

Proposal

Application for a non-material amendment to demolition of garages and erection of front porch and side extension, roof alterations and replacement garages. Rendering existing brickwork on east and west elevation. New brickwork on the extension and existing original brickwork on south facing elevation are to remain. Repositioning of window and door on south side elevation. Move window on south side elevation towards the west to locate in the original doorway. Create a door in place of the existing window on south side elevation. Retention of existing hayloft first floor doorway on east elevation and fitting a guard rail. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
2 Dec 2025
✗
Refused
23 Dec 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 23 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF Elevations Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Elevations Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF General Plan Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF General Plan Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Planning History Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

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    Conditions variation sought for 3

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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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 3. 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.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Nos 1, 2 and 3 School House Hill, Grade II, 31 m away
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 163 m away: Buckhurst Park.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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 1

Last sold for £295,000 in August 1999. Detached house, freehold.

6 August 1999£295,000

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
Non-material amendment
Postcode
TN7 4BE
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Dec 2025
Ward
Withyham
Parish
Withyham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Dec 2025
Decision
Refusal
Decision date
23 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Pleiades Projects

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 27 days faster than Wealden's median of 48 for amendments. Refused, as 11% of amendments here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
211decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Refused
1 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
STOPPING UP OF ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS AND DRIVEWAY
WD/2024/0492/F
2024 Refused
1 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
STOPPING UP OF ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS AND DRIVEWAY
WD/2024/0492/F
2018 Approved
2 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
INTERNAL ALTERATIONS: REMODELLING EXISTING STAIR TO FIRST FLOOR, AND ITS EXTENSION TO THE…
WD/2018/1684/LB
2018 Approved
2 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
INTERNAL ALTERATIONS: REMODELLING EXISTING STAIR TO FIRST FLOOR, AND ITS EXTENSION TO THE…
WD/2018/1684/LB
2018 Approved
1- SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
DEMOLITION OF GARAGES AND ERECTION OF FRONT PORCH AND SIDE EXTENSION, ROOF ALTERATIONS AN…
WD/2018/1593/F
2018 Approved
1- SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
DEMOLITION OF GARAGES AND ERECTION OF FRONT PORCH AND SIDE EXTENSION, ROOF ALTERATIONS AN…
WD/2018/1593/F
2018 Withdrawn
1 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION. DEMOLITION OF GARAGES AND ERECTION OF FRONT PORCH AND SIDE EXT…
WD/2018/0636/FR
2018 Withdrawn
1 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION. DEMOLITION OF GARAGES AND ERECTION OF FRONT PORCH AND SIDE EXT…
WD/2018/0636/FR
2016 Approved
2 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS INCLUDING: INSTALLATION OF A WOOD BURNING STOVE (INCLUDING STAI…
WD/2016/1409/LB
2016 Approved
2 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS INCLUDING: INSTALLATION OF A WOOD BURNING STOVE (INCLUDING STAI…
WD/2016/1408/F
2016 Approved
2 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS INCLUDING: INSTALLATION OF A WOOD BURNING STOVE (INCLUDING STAI…
WD/2016/1409/LB
2016 Approved
2 SCHOOL HILL HOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BE
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS INCLUDING: INSTALLATION OF A WOOD BURNING STOVE (INCLUDING STAI…
WD/2016/1408/F
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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