Land South of Coopers Cottage, Church Lane, Laughton, BN8 6AH Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1740/F - Full Allocated to Officer
Agricultural

Proposal

Upgrading of existing field access and construction of agricultural access track Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Aug 2026
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Validated
27 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 22 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 63.

The consultation period closed on 29 Sept 2026.

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Statement Document · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF General Plan Document · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Document · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Consultee Response Document · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Planning History Document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Report Document · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Meadowside, Beech Cottage and Cottage Adjoining to the South, Grade II, about 9 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 19 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
BN8 6AH
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Arlington
Parish
Laughton
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Batcheller Monkhouse

Decision outlook

Day 63, past the statutory target. 88% of agricultural works in Wealden are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 26 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 637 days past the 56-day target
84%decided within 8 weeks
60%approved
92decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
8 Sept 2026
Comments by
29 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
8 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TIMBER PORCH / BALCONY.
WD/2025/2462/LB
2025 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TIMBER PORCH / BALCONY.
WD/2025/2463/F
2025 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TIMBER PORCH / BALCONY.
WD/2025/2462/LB
2025 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TIMBER PORCH / BALCONY.
WD/2025/2463/F
2025
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT WINDOWS.
WD/2025/2824/LB
2025
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT WINDOWS.
WD/2025/2824/LB
2025 Withdrawn
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REMOVAL OF EXISTING CARPORT ROOF. FORMING GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATION / PARTL…
WD/2025/0970/LB
2025 Withdrawn
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REMOVAL OF EXISTING CARPORT ROOF. FORMING GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATION / PARTL…
WD/2025/0972/F
2025 Withdrawn
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REMOVAL OF EXISTING CARPORT ROOF. FORMING GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATION / PARTL…
WD/2025/0970/LB
2025 Withdrawn
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REMOVAL OF EXISTING CARPORT ROOF. FORMING GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATION / PARTL…
WD/2025/0972/F
2023 Approved
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACE FIVE WINDOWS WITH WOODEN DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS WITH WOODEN HERITAGE STYLE CASEMEN…
WD/2023/1183/LB
2023 Approved
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACE FIVE WINDOWS WITH WOODEN DOUBLE GLAZED WINDOWS WITH WOODEN HERITAGE STYLE CASEMEN…
WD/2023/1183/LB
2021 Approved
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
REPLACEMENT OF TWO FIRST FLOOR WINDOWS WITH LIKE FOR LIKE WOODEN, SINGLE GLAZED, CASEMENT…
WD/2021/2157/LB
2019 Approved
THE COACH HOUSE, THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS.
WD/2019/2292/LB
2019 Approved
THE COACH HOUSE, THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS.
WD/2019/2292/LB
2018 Approved
THE COACH HOUSE, THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF THE COACH HOUSE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL ANNEXE
WD/2018/2342/LB
2018 Approved
THE COACH HOUSE, THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF THE COACH HOUSE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL ANNEXE
WD/2018/2341/F
2018 Approved
THE COACH HOUSE, THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF THE COACH HOUSE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL ANNEXE
WD/2018/2342/LB
2018 Approved
THE COACH HOUSE, THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF THE COACH HOUSE TO FORM RESIDENTIAL ANNEXE
WD/2018/2341/F
2017 Approved
MEADOWSIDE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REPLACE FLOOR ABOVE LOUNGE TO CREATE NEW BEDROOM.
WD/2017/1746/LB
2016 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; WORKS INCLUDE INTERNAL AND…
WD/2016/0599/F
2016 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; WORKS INCLUDE INTERNAL AND…
WD/2016/0600/LB
2016 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6AH
REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; WORKS INCLUDE INTERNAL AND…
WD/2016/0599/F
2016 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT APPLICATION FOR RELAYING EXISTING ROOF TILES TO ENTIRE ROOF
WD/2016/0602/LB
2016 Approved
CHURCH COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT APPLICATION FOR RELAYING EXISTING ROOF TILES TO ENTIRE ROOF
WD/2016/0602/LB
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings