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WD/2026/1457/LDP - Lawful Development - Proposed Use Decided
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Application description: 'use of the land to site a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse.' the proposed mobile home meets the definition of a caravan as set out in the caravan sites act 1968, as amended october 2006 (please see submitted planning statement for further details). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jul 2026
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Planning Permission Not Required
17 Aug 2026

Planning Permission Not Required on 17 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF General Plan Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Site and Block Plan Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Accompanying Documents (Misc) Document · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning History Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Public footpath 17 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 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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
Lawful Development - Proposed Use
Postcode
BN8 6JD
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
Parish
Chiddingly
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Planning Permission Not Required
Decision date
17 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
PROPOSED ERECTION OF TIMBER OUTBUILDING WITH GARAGE DOORS TO THE FRONT AND SINGLE OPENING…
WD/2024/1841/F
2024 Approved
PROPOSED ERECTION OF TIMBER OUTBUILDING WITH GARAGE DOORS TO THE FRONT AND SINGLE OPENING…
WD/2024/1841/F
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
GILDRIDGE, THE POOL HOUSE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
CONTINUED USE AS A DWELLING HOUSE.
WD/2025/0175/LDE
2025 Refused
GILDRIDGE, THE POOL HOUSE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
CONTINUED USE AS A DWELLING HOUSE.
WD/2025/0175/LDE
2024 Approved
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY BN8 6JD
SITING OF GLAMPING PODS AT NORTH EAST END OF GILDRIDGE
WD/2024/2895/F
2024 Approved
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY BN8 6JD
SITING OF GLAMPING PODS AT NORTH EAST END OF GILDRIDGE
WD/2024/2895/F
2023 Refused
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING PORCH AT FRONT ELEVATION.
WD/2023/2492/F
2023 Refused
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM TO THE EXISTING BEDROOM AT GROUND FLOOR AND THE DEMOLITION AND REPLA…
WD/2023/2493/LB
2023 Refused
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING PORCH AT FRONT ELEVATION.
WD/2023/2492/F
2023 Refused
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
EN-SUITE SHOWER ROOM TO THE EXISTING BEDROOM AT GROUND FLOOR AND THE DEMOLITION AND REPLA…
WD/2023/2493/LB
2017 Refused
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JD
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL FOR MIXED PRIVATE AN…
WD/2017/0384/FR
2017 Refused
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JD
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL FOR MIXED PRIVATE AN…
WD/2017/0384/FR
2018 Approved
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JD
SLIGHT INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE KITCHEN WITHIN THE MOST RECENT EXTENSION (CONSTRUCTE…
WD/2018/1600/LB
2018 Approved
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JD
SLIGHT INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE KITCHEN WITHIN THE MOST RECENT EXTENSION (CONSTRUCTE…
WD/2018/1599/F
2018 Approved
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JD
SLIGHT INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE KITCHEN WITHIN THE MOST RECENT EXTENSION (CONSTRUCTE…
WD/2018/1600/LB
2018 Approved
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JD
SLIGHT INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE KITCHEN WITHIN THE MOST RECENT EXTENSION (CONSTRUCTE…
WD/2018/1599/F
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings