Old Forge Farm, Annexe, Old Forge Lane, Horney Common. Maresfield, TN22 3EL Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0534/F - Full Refused

Proposal

Change of use of existing residential granny annex into single independent dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

13 Mar 2026

✗

Refused

5 May 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 5 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 17

Site constraints 7

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

National landscape 26 m away: High Weald

Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.

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.

Also on the record

Special protection area 338 m away: Ashdown Forest; SSSI 338 m away: Ashdown Forest SSSI; Inside the Horney Common built-up area; Priority habitat 37 m away: Deciduous woodland; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

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

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Important details

Council: Wealden
Application type: Full
Postcode: TN22 3EL
Received: 13 Mar 2026
Validated: 13 Mar 2026
Ward: Maresfield
Parish: Maresfield
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 May 2026
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 5 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hooper Enterprise Associates Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 19% of changes of use here are.

This one53d

Council55d

UK56d

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: 26 Mar 2026
Comments by: 18 Apr 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

OLD FORGE COTTAGE, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/1525/F

WD/2023/0739/CD 24 Apr 2023

2023 Approved

OLD FORGE COTTAGE, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/1525/F

WD/2023/0739/CD 24 Apr 2023

2023 Approved

DREWERYS, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/1524/F

WD/2023/0733/CD 24 Apr 2023

2023 Approved

DREWERYS, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/1524/F

WD/2023/0733/CD 24 Apr 2023

2022 Approved

DREWERYS, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR SIDE AND REAR WRAP AROUND EXTENSION, FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION AND…

WD/2022/1524/F 16 Nov 2022

2022 Approved

DREWERYS, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR SIDE AND REAR WRAP AROUND EXTENSION, FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION AND…

WD/2022/1524/F 16 Nov 2022

2022 Approved

OLD FORGE COTTAGE, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR INFILL EXTENSION AND INTERNAL PARTITION RE-ARRANGEMENTS AT OLD FORGE…

WD/2022/1525/F 23 Aug 2022

2022 Approved

OLD FORGE COTTAGE, OLD FORGE LANE, HORNEY COMMON, MARESFIELD, TN22 3EL

PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR INFILL EXTENSION AND INTERNAL PARTITION RE-ARRANGEMENTS AT OLD FORGE…

WD/2022/1525/F 23 Aug 2022

Wealden

Planning Authority Score

4.2/10

Below average

#188 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

Old Forge Farm, Annexe, Old Forge Lane, Horney Common. Maresfield, TN22 3EL Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 17

Decision & officer reports 3

Statements & assessments 6

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 3

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 2

Site constraints 7

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates

Nearby activity