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TM/2026/0176/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Work as per schedule subject to regulations designated Forest Row conservation area january 2017. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Site Plan Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Photos Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photos Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photos Document · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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.
Forest Row Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath 14 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 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
6 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Orlingbury House, Grade II, 60 m away · 6 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 Forest Row built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
RH18 5DQ
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Forest Row
Parish
Forest Row
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Sept 2026
Decision
No objections
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
G & R Tree Surgeons

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 7 days faster than Wealden's median of 44 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
180decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED FOREST ROW CONSERVATION AREA JANUA…
TM/2019/0301/TCA
2019 Approved
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED FOREST ROW CONSERVATION AREA JANUA…
TM/2019/0301/TCA
2017 Approved
CUT BACK OVERHANGING TREES AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED FOREST ROW C…
TM/2017/0142/TCA
2017 Approved
CUT BACK OVERHANGING TREES AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED FOREST ROW C…
TM/2017/0142/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
YEW TREE HOUSE, FRONT GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW RH18 5AA
T1 YEW: REDUCE IN HEIGHT BY 2.0M,REDUCE THE LATERAL CANOPY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE BY 2.5M A…
TM/2025/0042/TCA
2025 Approved
YEW TREE HOUSE, FRONT GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW RH18 5AA
T1 YEW: REDUCE IN HEIGHT BY 2.0M,REDUCE THE LATERAL CANOPY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE BY 2.5M A…
TM/2025/0042/TCA
2024 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OFFICES (A2 USE) TO RESIDENTIAL (C3 USE) TO FORM 6 NO. BEDROOM…
WD/2024/1069/F
2024 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OFFICES (A2 USE) TO RESIDENTIAL (C3 USE) TO FORM 6 NO. BEDROOM…
WD/2024/1069/F
2024 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OFFICES (A2 USE) TO RESIDENTIAL (C3 USE) TO FORM 6 NO. BED-SIT…
WD/2024/1070/LB
2024 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OFFICES (A2 USE) TO RESIDENTIAL (C3 USE) TO FORM 6 NO. BED-SIT…
WD/2024/1070/LB
2023 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE (FORMER YEW TREE HOUSE), LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICES TO FORM 2NO. DWELLINGS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF LINK LOBBY. CHAN…
WD/2023/1963/LB
2023 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE (FORMER YEW TREE HOUSE), LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICES TO FORM 2NO. DWELLINGS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF LINK LOBBY. CHAN…
WD/2023/1963/LB
2023 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE (FORMER YEW TREE HOUSE), LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICES TO FORM 2NO. DWELLINGS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF LINK LOBBY. CHAN…
WD/2023/1882/F
2023 Approved
ORLINGBURY HOUSE (FORMER YEW TREE HOUSE), LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE OF OFFICES TO FORM 2NO. DWELLINGS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF LINK LOBBY. CHAN…
WD/2023/1882/F
2023 Approved
ELM COTTAGE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
CHANGE OF USE GROUND FLOOR FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL
WD/2023/0877/F
2023 Approved
ELM COTTAGE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
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2022 Withdrawn
2 DALE COTTAGES, LOWER ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5HE
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2022 Withdrawn
2 DALE COTTAGES, LOWER ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5HE
TWO-STOREY REAR EXTENSION
WD/2022/2508/F
2020 Approved
THE BIELD, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AF
CHANGE OF USE FROM PART RETAIL AND 1NO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO 2NO RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
WD/2020/2337/F
2020 Approved
THE BIELD, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AF
CHANGE OF USE FROM PART RETAIL AND 1NO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO 2NO RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
WD/2020/2337/F
2021 Approved
1-4 NEWLANDS PLACE, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DQ
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SHOP FRONT
WD/2021/0997/F
2020 Approved
2 THE ELMS, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
REMOVE 1 LOW BRANCH OVERHANGING FOOTPATH FROM 1X HORNBEAM SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNA…
TM/2020/0295/TCA
2020 Approved
2 THE ELMS, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
REMOVE 1 LOW BRANCH OVERHANGING FOOTPATH FROM 1X HORNBEAM SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNA…
TM/2020/0295/TCA
2020 Approved
ASHORNE HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AA
DISCHARGE OF SECTION 75 OF HABITAT REGULATIONS RELATING TO PERMITTED CHANGE OF USE TO 2 N…
WD/2020/0166/HAB
2016 Approved
1 HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DN
PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM D1 CLINIC TO MIXED USE C3 RESIDENTIAL AND A2 COMMERCIAL AND A…
WD/2016/0485/F
2016 Approved
2 THE SQUARE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5ES
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WD/2016/0418/F
2016 Approved
2 THE SQUARE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5ES
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WD/2016/0418/F
2016 Approved
UNIT 2, THE SQUARE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5ES
CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL.
WD/2016/0287/HAB
2016 Approved
UNIT 2, THE SQUARE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5ES
CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE TO RESIDENTIAL.
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Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
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Other 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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