Lower Holywich Lodge Farm, Colestock Road, Blackham, TN3 9UA Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/7053/AD - Agricultural Determination Approved

Proposal

A profile sheet portal frame forestry building toprovide for storage of machinery, tools and materials for forestry purposes relating to the management of the woodland on the site under woodland management plan 1445 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Dec 2025
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Validated
4 Dec 2025
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Approved
23 Dec 2025

Approved on 23 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 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 15 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
Priority habitat 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £720,000 in March 2021. Other property, freehold.

12 March 2021£720,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area317 m² (3,412 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (85 out of 100), could reach A
PropertyDetached house
Built2022
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.24 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
TN3 9UA
Received
3 Dec 2025
Validated
4 Dec 2025
Ward
Hartfield
Parish
Hartfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Jan 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
23 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Stonefields Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 19 days from validation, 8 days faster than Wealden's median of 27 for prior approvals. Approved, as 67% of prior approvals here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
121decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals 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

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.