Gate Cottage The Street, Sedlescombe, East Sussex, TN33 0QP Data via plota.co.uk

RR/2026/0685/HOU - Householder Planning Approved
DemolitionExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Demolition of part of dwelling, new roof over flat roof with dormer and other associated alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 May 2026
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Approved
29 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Jul 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF 8400 - Assessment of Significance.pdf Supporting Information · 23 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF 8400-D-LBP.pdf Site Location Plan · 23 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 8400-D-EX.pdf Plans · 23 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 8400-D-1-B.pdf Plans · 23 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Application Form - No Details · 23 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF HER Correspondence Correspondence In · 28 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Beech House, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 3 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 ↗
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 about 25 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.
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 Sedlescombe built-up area; Priority habitat about 44 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 6 October 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.

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Important details

Council
Rother
Application type
Householder Planning
Postcode
TN33 0QP
Received
23 May 2026
Validated
23 May 2026
Parish
Sedlescombe
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
29 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
Pump House Designs

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 32 days faster than Rother's median of 99 for demolitions. Approved, as 89% of demolitions here are.

24%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
109decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

22 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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2019 Approved
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Single storey bedroom extension.
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2019 Approved
Highfield Cottage, Church Hill, Sedlescombe TN33 0QP
Single storey bedroom extension.
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2019
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2019
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Rother
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#252 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings