Melfort House, Wadhurst Road, Frant, TN3 9EH Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1296/F - Full Approved

Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear garage extension and staircase from existing first floor. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

20 Jul 2026

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Approved

20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 24

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Design and Access Statement Document · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 15

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Document · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultee Response Document · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

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). 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

SSSI 443 m away: Eridge Park SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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: TN3 9EH
Received: 20 Jul 2026
Validated: 20 Jul 2026
Ward: Frant & Wadhurst
Parish: Frant
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Sept 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 20 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Kaner Olette Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 22 days faster than Wealden's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 89% of extensions here are.

This one31d

Council53d

UK54d

76%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

504decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 29 Jul 2026
Comments by: 19 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 29 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THE GARAGE BUILDING, COMPR…

WD/2024/2643/FR 6 Feb 2025

2024 Approved

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THE GARAGE BUILDING, COMPR…

WD/2024/2643/FR 6 Feb 2025

2024 Withdrawn

REAR EXTENSION TO GARAGE/ANNEXE BUILDING TO PROVIDE A STORE AND WORKSHOP AND FOR THE INST…

WD/2024/0565/F 9 May 2024

2024 Withdrawn

REAR EXTENSION TO GARAGE/ANNEXE BUILDING TO PROVIDE A STORE AND WORKSHOP AND FOR THE INST…

WD/2024/0565/F 9 May 2024

2021 Approved

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY, PROPOSED VERANDA, ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING-H…

WD/2021/2884/F 28 Jan 2022

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

GEORGIAN COTTAGE, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EH

WORKS TO FORM A NEW BAY WINDOW WITHIN AN EXISTING OPENING ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION, ADDING…

WD/2025/2681/F 15 Jan 2026

2025 Approved

GEORGIAN COTTAGE, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EH

WORKS TO FORM A NEW BAY WINDOW WITHIN AN EXISTING OPENING ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION, ADDING…

WD/2025/2681/F 15 Jan 2026

2021 Approved

THE WALLED GARDEN, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EH

WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 10, 1979

TM/2021/0031/TPO 1 Apr 2021

2018 Withdrawn

WALLED GARDEN, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EH

FELL ONE DEAD ROWAN TREE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 10, 1979

TM/2018/0022/TPO 16 Mar 2018

2018 Withdrawn

WALLED GARDEN, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EH

FELL ONE DEAD ROWAN TREE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 10, 1979

TM/2018/0022/TPO 16 Mar 2018

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