BRIGHTS COTTAGE Heathfield Road, Burwash Common, Etchingham, East Sussex, TN19 7NB Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/1177/LDB - Lawful Development Certificate LBC Pending Consideration

Proposal

Proposed Listed Lawful Development Certificate for the replacement of existing septic tank with a new treatment plant/septic tank installation, together with the replacement of associated external underground pipework connecting the system to the house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Dec 2026 and 10 Jan 2027, from Rother's recent listed building works.

Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

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Plans & drawings 1

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Other documents 2

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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Burwash Common built-up area; Priority habitat about 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 17 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £399,950 in June 2012. Detached house, freehold.

8 June 2012£399,950
17 August 2007£450,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate LBC
Postcode
TN19 7NB
Received
23 Sept 2026
Validated
23 Sept 2026
Parish
Burwash
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 36 of the 56-day target. Rother usually decides listed building works by day 93.

Day 3657 days to the predicted decision (day 93)
20%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
73decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Nov 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.