Corner House, Rye Road, Playden, TN31 7UL Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/1068/FULL - Full Planning Pending Consideration

Proposal

Retrospective application for the retention of outbuilding and change of use of part of an agricultural field and outbuilding to a dog day care facility, including outside exercise areas. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 22 Oct 2026, from Rother's recent agricultural works.

Documents 6

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Document Public · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 19 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.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Playden Oasts Hotel, Grade II, about 41 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Playden 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 September 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 1

Last sold for £1,050,000 in October 2023. Other property, freehold.

10 October 2023£1,050,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
Full Planning
Postcode
TN31 7UL
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Parish
Playden
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
SJM Planning Limited

Decision outlook

Day 37, past Rother's usual 28 days for agricultural works. 79% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 27 Nov 2026.

Day 3719 days to the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Rother in the last twelve months, from validation. Rother decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
23 Oct 2026
Rother
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#252 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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.