CORSTAN Sea Road, Winchelsea Beach, Winchelsea, East Sussex, TN36 4LB Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2025/1837/PNH - PN Householder Refused

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling by 8m, for which the maximum height would be 2.4m, and for which the height of the eaves would not exceed 2.2m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
week of 1 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
5 Dec 2025
✗
Refused
week of 12 Jan 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused in the week of 12 Jan 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

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 ↗
Article 4 direction
East Sussex (Battle Rural District) Direction, 1959. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Ramsar wetland about 108 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 107 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.
National landscape about 23 m away: High Weald
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
Inside the Winchelsea Beach built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 3

Last sold for £295,000 in December 2025. Detached house, freehold.

4 December 2025£295,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
6 October 2004£180,000
3 August 2001£82,500

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

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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
PN Householder
Postcode
TN36 4LB
Received
week of 1 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Parish
Icklesham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Jan 2026
Decision
Planning Permission Required
Decision date
week of 12 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Designscape Consultancy Limited
Freehold owner
Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
15 Jan 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

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

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.