Cripps Farm, Padgham Lane, Dallington, Heathfield, TN21 9EW Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/0950/HOU - Householder Planning Pending Consideration

Proposal

Proposed extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling, comprising a two-storey rear extension, the formation of a first-floor balcony, widening of the existing site entrance, construction of a swimming pool with ancillary plant/changing room Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 13:57

Application progress

✓

Received

31 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 26 Oct 2026, from Rother's recent extensions.

Documents 8

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.

Article 4 direction

Town and Country Planning (County of East Sussex) Direction, 1959. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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) agrees.

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.

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.

Building

Floor area268 m² (2,885 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (61 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 10 habitable rooms

Built1983 to 1990

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Cripps Farm, Padgham Lane, Dallington, Heathfield, TN21 9EW

proposed conversion of existing detached eight-bay garage into two annexes.

RR/2026/0931/FULL

Important details

Council: Rother
Application type: Householder Planning
Postcode: TN21 9EW
Received: 31 Jul 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Parish: Dallington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Draft 2 Design Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 70 of the 56-day target. Rother usually decides extensions by day 77.

prediction

Day 707 days to the predicted decision (day 77)

31%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

555decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 23 Oct 2026

Rother

Planning Authority Score

2.5/10

Poor

#252 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Rother is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #292 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 71% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Rother decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

89%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #141 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #88 of 296

25%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #292 of 296

71%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #287 of 296

72%

Minor dwellings approved

127 decided (1-9 homes)

89%

Major dwellings approved

9 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

36 decided

739

Total decisions

84 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.