Veitch Barns, Hartfield Road, Forest Row, RH18 5NE Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1586/N02 - PD Notification of Change of Use from Agricultural to Flexible Uses Approved

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE OF A BUILDING AND LAND WITHIN ITS CURTILAGE FROM AN AGRICULTURAL USE TO A FLEXIBLE USE FALLING WITHIN CLASS BB in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 2 (Class R.3(1)(a)) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2026
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Validated
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
27 Aug 2026

Approved on 27 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

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.
Special protection area about 11 m away: Ashdown Forest
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.
SSSI about 11 m away: Ashdown Forest 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: 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
Inside the Forest Row built-up area; Priority habitat about 11 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 6 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 1

Last sold for £424,000 in May 2020. Detached house, freehold.

21 May 2020£424,000

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

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
PD Notification of Change of Use from Agricultural to Flexible Uses
Postcode
RH18 5NE
Received
6 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Hartfield
Parish
Forest Row
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Application constitutes Permitted Development
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 14 days from validation, 14 days faster than Wealden's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 60% of agricultural works here are.

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:
Change of use

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

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