Rye Oil Ltd Harbour Road, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7TE Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/1210/CM - County Matters Consultation Approved

Proposal

Demolition of an existing building to the northwest of the site to facilitate the erection of a larger industrial general purpose storage building in its place. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Sept 2026
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Approved
20 Oct 2026

Approved on 20 Oct 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 12 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 29 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Ramsar wetland 116 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 116 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.
Also on the record
Inside the Rye built-up area; 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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.

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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
County Matters Consultation
Postcode
TN31 7TE
Received
29 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Parish
Icklesham
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
20 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
East Sussex County Council

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 124 days faster than Rother's median of 145 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 85% of commercial and major works here are.

5%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
14%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
20 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