Granary, New Pond Hill, Cross in Hand, Heathfield, TN21 0LX Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/7046/AD - Agricultural Determination Approved

Proposal

A profile sheet portal frame forestry building to provide machinery and equipment storage building to support the ongoing agricultural and forestry use of the landholding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Jul 2026
Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

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.
Public footpath 12 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
Inside the Cross in Hand built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
TN21 0LX
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Framfield & Cross-in-Hand
Parish
Heathfield & Waldron
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Required
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
SWG Designs South East Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 21 days from validation, 7 days faster than Wealden's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 92% of agricultural works here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
81decided 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:
Householder 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