Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

West End Farm Forest Lane, Watkins Down, Burwash, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9JA

Status unknown Rother RR/2026/0509/FN Prior Notification Part 6/7

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for the erection of a new agricultural building.

As published by the council, reference RR/2026/0509/FN

Application record

Reference
RR/2026/0509/FN
Type
Prior Notification Part 6/7
Received
17 Apr 2026
Parish
Burwash
Postcode
TN21 9JA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Rother register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • RR/2026/0322/FN Granted

    West End Farm Forest Lane, Watkins Down, Burwash, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9JA

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for proposed agricultural barn

    Submitted 5 Mar 2026 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Apr 2026

    Received by Rother

  2. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 12 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Rother took a median of 47 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Checking the current position

The published feed does not show a live status for this application; the register on Rother's own portal holds the authoritative version.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

In Rother

  • RR/2026/0832/FN Status unknown

    Highfields Farm Sheepstreet Lane, Ticehurst, TN5 7DT

    Proposed Agricultural storage building

    27 Jun 2026 Prior approval
  • RR/2026/0785/FN Status unknown

    Elmfield Meadow Buckholt Lane, Bexhill, East Sussex, TN39 5AX

    Proposed building - A timber flat (pent) roofed pole barn with wooden sides to a height of 1m from the ground (partly open sided). Open to front. Existing soil floor

    16 Jun 2026 Prior approval
  • RR/2026/0541/FN Granted

    Bourne Farmhouse Bourne Lane, Salehurst, East Sussex, TN32 5PT

    Proposed new Steel Framed Building For Use As Manure Store

    23 Apr 2026 Prior approval
  • RR/2026/0455/FN Granted

    Churchill Farm The Street, Sedlescombe, TN33 0QP

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for the erection of a new agricultural building.

    2 Apr 2026 Prior approval
  • RR/2026/0386/FN Refused

    WILLOW PATCH Potmans Lane, Catsfield, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9BJ

    Erection of Agricultural building for the use of housing farm machinery

    18 Mar 2026 Prior approval