Hempstead Farm, Hempstead Lane, Uckfield, TN22 3DL Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1953/LB - Listed Building Consent Allocated to Officer

Proposal

The rationalisation of a complex of farm buildings, including the demolition of utilitarian structures and conversion of existing barns to create four residential dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
28 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Nov 2026 and 1 Dec 2026, from Wealden's recent agricultural works.

Documents 38

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Public footpath about 20 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.
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
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 406 m away: Buxted Park SSSI; Registered park or garden about 216 m away: Buxted Park; Inside the Uckfield 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 21 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.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
TN22 3DL
Received
28 Sept 2026
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Ward
Uckfield East
Parish
Uckfield
Target decision
9 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
DHA Planning
Freehold owner
Show

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Wealden usually decides agricultural works by day 28.

Day 1442 days to 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 →

Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.