Chelworth Cottage, Beaconsfield Road, Chelwood Gate, RH17 7LE Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2025/1553/F - Full Approved

Proposal

Construction of a single storey home office and garden store for ancillary use including change of use of land from meadow to residential garden with access via existing drive in shared ownership Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
26 Mar 2026
Approved
21 May 2026

Approved on 21 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Chelwood Gate built-up area; Priority habitat 10 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; 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
Full
Postcode
RH17 7LE
Received
26 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Ward
Danehill & Fletching
Parish
Danehill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 May 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
21 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Mike Hill Architectural Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
15 Apr 2026
Comments by
7 May 2026
Site or press notice
15 Apr 2026
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