St Mary the Virgin School, High Street, Hartfield, TN7 4AA Data via plota.co.uk

TM/2026/0192/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 cherry tree within the school grounds. Notice to fell to ground level due because of safety concerns due to presence of decay fungus on base of trunk (ganoderma spp.) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Sept 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Survey Document · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG General Plan Document · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Document · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

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.
Hartfield Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
12 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Spring Cottage, Grade II, 46 m away · 1 Grade I, 11 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath 28 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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 245 m away: Castle mound; Inside the Hartfield 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
TN7 4AA
Received
8 Sept 2026
Validated
8 Sept 2026
Ward
Hartfield
Parish
Hartfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Ben Mason Arb

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 15 days faster than Wealden's median of 43 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
285decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Historical activity at this location

29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

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2021 Approved
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Within ~100m

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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AA
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WD/2025/1479/F
2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
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TM/2024/0235/TCA
2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
T1 ASH TREE: FELL ONE ASH TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (HARTFIELD) CONSERVATION…
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2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
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2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
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TM/2024/0089/TCA
2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
FELL ONE HOLLY TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (HARTFIELD) CONSERVATION AREA SEPTE…
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2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
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2024 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
FELL ONE HOLLY TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (HARTFIELD) CONSERVATION AREA SEPTE…
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
ORCHARD HOUSE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
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2023 Approved
ORCHARD HOUSE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AA
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2023 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN7 4AA
REDUCE 1X WESTERN RED CEDAR (T1) TO HEDGE LINE (2-3M) SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (…
TM/2023/0174/TCA
2023 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN7 4AA
REDUCE 1X WESTERN RED CEDAR (T1) TO HEDGE LINE (2-3M) SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (…
TM/2023/0174/TCA
2022 Approved
ORCHARD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN7 4AA
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED HARTFIELD CONSERVATION AREA SEPTEM…
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2022 Approved
ORCHARD COTTAGE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN7 4AA
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED HARTFIELD CONSERVATION AREA SEPTEM…
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2021 Approved
THE RED HOUSE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AD
WORKS AS PER SCHEDULE TO THREE OAK TREES WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (HARTFIELD) NO 58…
TM/2021/0198/TPO
2021 Approved
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AQ
2M CROWN REDUCTION TO ONE TULIP TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNATED HARTFIELD CONSERV…
TM/2021/0153/TCA
2019 Refused
THE RED HOUSE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD TN7 4AD
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TM/2019/0109/TPO
2017 Approved
ORCHARD HOUSE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AA
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CAR PORT.
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2017 Approved
ORCHARD HOUSE, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AA
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CAR PORT.
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2017 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, CHURCH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AA
CROWN REDUCE 2X ASH TREES SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (HARTFIELD) CONSERVATION AREA…
TM/2017/0270/TCA
2017 Approved
SPRING COTTAGE, CHURCH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AA
CROWN REDUCE 2X ASH TREES SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (HARTFIELD) CONSERVATION AREA…
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Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
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Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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