Footpath Sedlescombe 16A, Junction Road - Near, Swalles Green, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA Data via plota.co.uk
Approved
RR/2025/999/A
Description
Erection of post & panel free standing oak sign. Data via plota.co.uk
Last checked
Planning committee
Decided by Rother Planning Committee on 9 Oct 2025.
Approved unanimously
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the sign would not harm local character, visual amenity or highway safety.
- The report records no objection from the local Highway Authority and identifies limited ecological and archaeological impacts.
- The committee unanimously granted advertisement consent subject to conditions, with nine members voting for.
Source: Plota analysis of Rother's committee minutes of 9 Oct 2025.
Site constraints 3
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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 26 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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Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2023
Approved
Tollgates Compasses, Cripps Corner, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5SA
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2023
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Demolition of garden sheds and construction of two bedroom holiday let. Change of use to…
2022
Approved
Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard, Hawkhurst Road, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Erection of a building for use as holiday and workers accommodation replacing workers acc…
2022
Approved
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Erection of a building for use as holiday and workers accommodation replacing workers acc…
2021
Approved
Sedlescombe Saw Mills - Harcon, Cripps Corner, Staplecross, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Replace existing dilapidated double garage with home office building.
2021
Approved
Chittlebirch Oast, Compasses, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed two storey infill extension.
2021
Withdrawn
Chittlebirch Oast, Compasses, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed extensions to form entrance porch/boot room and rear kitchen.
2020
Approved
Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard, Hawkhurst Road, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Extensions and alterations to winery building (retrospective)
2020
Approved
Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard, Hawkhurst Road, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Extensions and alterations to winery building (retrospective)
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension and internal alterations.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension and internal alterations.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension and internal alterations.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension and internal alterations.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch Oast, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Single storey extension.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch Oast, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Single storey extension.
2017
Approved
Sedlescombe Vineyard, Compasses, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed new restaurant & office building. Workers accommodation caravan re-siting.
2017
Approved
Sedlescombe Vineyard, Compasses, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed new restaurant & office building. Workers accommodation caravan re-siting.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch Oast, Cripps Corner Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Two-storey infill extension.
2017
Approved
Chittlebirch Oast, Cripps Corner Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Two-storey infill extension.
2016
Refused
Chittlebirch, Compasses, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension via glazed link and internal alterations.
2016
Refused
Chittlebirch, Compasses, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension via glazed link and internal alterations.
2016
Refused
Chittlebirch, Compasses, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension via glazed link and internal alterations.
2016
Refused
Chittlebirch, Compasses, Cripps Corner, Sedlescombe TN32 5SA
Proposed side extension via glazed link and internal alterations.
2019
Approved
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2019
Approved
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Rother
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#252 of 296 councils
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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