Fern Place, Alice Bright Lane, Crowborough, TN6 3SQ Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1363/FR - Full - Retrospective Approved

Proposal

Retrospective planning consent to change the use of a small parcel of land adjoining plot 1 to residential curtilage/amenity space for that plot and retention of boundary fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

8 Jul 2026

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Approved

8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 4

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. A site survey can differ.

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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National landscape 385 m away: High Weald.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 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: Full - Retrospective
Postcode: TN6 3SQ
Received: 8 Jul 2026
Validated: 8 Jul 2026
Ward: Crowborough South West
Parish: Crowborough
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Sept 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 8 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Asprey Homes Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 62 days from validation, 7 days slower than Wealden's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

This one62d

Council55d

UK56d

63%decided within 8 weeks

81%approved

89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 22 Jul 2026
Comments by: 12 Aug 2026
Site or press notice: 22 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2018 Approved

LAND AT BROOKLANDS AVENUE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3BP

OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 5 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS WITH PROVISION…

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2017 Approved

WICKHAM PLACE, ALICE BRIGHT LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3SQ

THE USE OF PART OF WICKHAM PLACE AS A DWELLINGHOUSE.

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2017 Approved

WICKHAM PLACE, ALICE BRIGHT LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3SQ

THE USE OF PART OF WICKHAM PLACE AS A DWELLINGHOUSE.

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2017 Approved

ALDERBROOK HOUSE, ALICE BRIGHT LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3SQ

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2017 Approved

ALDERBROOK HOUSE, ALICE BRIGHT LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3SQ

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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

Fern Place, Alice Bright Lane, Crowborough, TN6 3SQ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 2

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 4

Other documents 2

Site constraints 4

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