Hamsell Manor, the Barn, Sham Farm Road, Eridge Green, TN3 9JB Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/2568/F - Full Approved

Proposal

(I) installation of a wood-burning stove with flue and removal of existing chimney stack (II) replacement of a window in an outbuilding with double doors Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

10 Nov 2025

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Approved

12 Feb 2026

Approved on 12 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Documents 22

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Dairy House at Hamsell Manor

List entry 1028173 · 21 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)

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.

Show the other 4 with distances

29 mThe Coach House and The BarnGrade II
43 mHamsell Manor CottagesGrade II
66 mHamsell ManorGrade II
73 mGarden Walls and Gardeners Hut at Hamsell ManorGrade II

Historic England ↗

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 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 9 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 £1,250,000 in March 2025. Detached house, freehold.

21 March 2025£1,250,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area192 m² (2,067 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (39 out of 100), could reach C

PropertySemi-detached house, 6 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG

WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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6 Aug 2026Pending

HAMSELL MANOR, THE BARN, SHAM FARM ROAD, ERIDGE GREEN, TN3 9JB

REPLACEMENT OF FRONT DOOR, TWO SETS OF PATIO DOORS AND ONE WINDOW.

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Important details

Council: Wealden
Application type: Full
Postcode: TN3 9JB
Received: 10 Nov 2025
Validated: 10 Nov 2025
Ward: Withyham
Parish: Rotherfield
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Feb 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 12 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 94 days from validation, 39 days slower than Wealden's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one94d

Council55d

UK56d

65%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

1,002decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 3 Dec 2025
Comments by: 5 Jan 2026
Site or press notice: 3 Dec 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

(I) INSTALLATION OF A WOOD-BURNING STOVE WITH FLUE AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING CHIMNEY STACK…

WD/2025/2569/LB 12 Feb 2026

2025 Approved

(I) INSTALLATION OF A WOOD-BURNING STOVE WITH FLUE AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING CHIMNEY STACK…

WD/2025/2569/LB 12 Feb 2026

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.