Beak House, Cackle Street, Maresfield, TN22 3DU Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1249/LDE - Lawful Development - Existing Use Refused

Proposal

Planning permission was granted on 19 february 1989 for alterations to the roof to provide three bedrooms and a bathroom within the roof space. Following the grant of permission, building works commenced shortly thereafter and the development was implemented. Although the approved scheme was not completed in its entirety, the works that were carried out were constructed in accordance with the approved plans and design approved under planning permission . The development therefore comprises works that were lawfully commenced pursuant to the planning permission, with the elements that were built being undertaken in accordance with the approved scheme lawful implementation of planning permission by way of works undertaken in accordance with the approved plans. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

23 Jun 2026

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Refused

22 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 22 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 13

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.

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Special protection area 93 m away: Ashdown Forest

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

SSSI 93 m away: Ashdown Forest 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.

Ancient woodland 14 m away: Toll Farm Shaw

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 10 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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.

Building

Floor area72 m² (775 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (47 out of 100), could reach B

PropertyDetached house, 4 habitable rooms

Built1930 to 1949

HeatingElectric storage heaters

WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2023, 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: Lawful Development - Existing Use
Postcode: TN22 3DU
Received: 23 Jun 2026
Validated: 23 Jun 2026
Ward: Maresfield
Parish: Maresfield
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 Aug 2026
Decision: Not Issue Certificate
Decision date: 22 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, 23 days faster than Wealden's median of 52 for extensions. Refused, as 14% of extensions here are.

This one29d

Council52d

UK55d

77%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

645decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 17 Jul 2026

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

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.