Land East of Jib Jacks Hill, Hartfield, TN7 4DQ Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/2380/MAJ - Major Application - Full Allocated to Officer

Proposal

Construction of 1 no. commercial building and siting of 8 no. shepherds huts with associated parking, landscaping and infrastructure including introduction of a permissive footpath. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Decision
Target date was 1 May 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 31 Aug 2026; it is now day 346.

The consultation period closed on 31 Aug 2026.

Documents 77

Consultation & comments 27

PDF Consultee Response Document · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 5 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 2 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 27 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Consultee Response Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 26 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Consultee Response Document · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Consultee Response Document · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Hartfield built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 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.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Major Application - Full
Postcode
TN7 4DQ
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Nov 2025
Ward
Hartfield
Parish
Hartfield
Case officer
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Target decision
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Batcheller Monkhouse

Decision outlook

Day 346, past the statutory target. 84% of full applications in Wealden are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

Day 346290 days past the 56-day target
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
21 Nov 2025
Comments by
31 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
21 Nov 2025
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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