Rye Tennis Club, 115 Military Road, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7NY Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/0611/FULL - Full Planning Pending Consideration

Proposal

Construction of two indoor padel courts, two all-weather tennis courts, new car and cycle parking provision and a pavilion for changing rooms and toilets Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Aug 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 4 Oct 2026; it is now day 146.

Documents 22

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Ramsar wetland about 58 m away: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Designation record ↗
SSSI about 58 m away: Rye Harbour SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Rye built-up area; Priority habitat about 26 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 24 September 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 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
Rother
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
TN31 7NY
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Parish
Playden
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Batcheller Monkhouse

Decision outlook

Day 146, past the statutory target. 31% of commercial premises in Rother are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 3 Oct 2026.

Day 14690 days past the 56-day target
8%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
7%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
21 Aug 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