White Rose Farm, Homestall Road, Ashurst Wood, RH19 3PG Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/7047/AD - Agricultural Determination Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jul 2026
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Validated
23 Jul 2026
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Approved
31 Jul 2026

Approved on 31 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Statement Document · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF General Plan Document · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Plan Document · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Document · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Planning History Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning History Document · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
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) agrees.
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.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Postcode
RH19 3PG
Received
17 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Hartfield
Parish
Forest Row
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
31 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
CLM

How this decision compares

Decided in 8 days from validation, 20 days faster than Wealden's median of 28 for agricultural works. Approved, as 60% of agricultural works here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
60%approved
92decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
A GENERAL PURPOSE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING USED AS A FODDER AND IMPLEMENT STORE.
WD/2025/7013/AD
2025 Approved
A GENERAL PURPOSE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING USED AS A FODDER AND IMPLEMENT STORE.
WD/2025/7013/AD
2021 Approved
USE OF BUILDING AS RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE MAIN DWELLING, WHITE ROSE F…
WD/2021/1115/LDE
2020 Approved
A GENERAL PURPOSE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO BE USED AS A FODDER AND IMPLEMENT STORE.
WD/2020/7043/AD
2020 Approved
A GENERAL PURPOSE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO BE USED AS A FODDER AND IMPLEMENT STORE.
WD/2020/7043/AD
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

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