FAIRLEA, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• WD/2025/2301/P04 Granted

  FAIRLEA, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGHOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

  Decided 7 Jan 2026 Full applications

1. 4 Sep 2026

   Received by Wealden

2. 7 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 15 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 2 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Wealden took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• WD/2025/2301/P04 Granted

  FAIRLEA, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGHOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

  Decided 7 Jan 2026 Full applications

This application is with Wealden for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wealden decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

• WHITESMITH BARN, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA

  WD/2026/0441/FR Submitted 2 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  RETROSPECTIVE CONSENT FOR USE OF EXISTING GARDEN SUITE APPROVED UNDER WD/2009/001F TO BE USED AS A SEPARATE DWELLING BUT REMAINING TIED TO THE FREEHOLD OF WHITESMITH BARN

  Refused Full applications 13 docs
  Domestic

• WHITESMITH BARN, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA

  WD/2026/0053/FA Submitted 13 Jan 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~10 Mar

  VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 OF WD/2009/0001/F (EXTENSION TO EXISTING GARAGE FOR DOMESTIC USE ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING DWELLING) TO ALLOW FOR ANNEXE TO BE INDEPENDENTLY OCCUPIED.

  Awaiting decision Conditions Extension 5 docs
  Domestic

• THE OAKS, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH BN8 6HA

  TM/2024/0186/TPO Submitted 5 Sep 2024 150 yards away

  REDUCE BRANCHES OF ONE OAK TREE OVERHANGING PROPERTY BY UP TO 3M WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO TPO/2018/0001

  Granted Trees 9 docs

• FAIRLEA, WHITESMITH LANE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6HA

  WD/2025/2301/P04 Submitted 7 Oct 2025 250 yards away

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGHOUSE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

  Granted Full applications 11 docs
  Domestic

• SPRINGFIELD HOUSE, WHITESMITH, BN8 6JB

  WD/2021/1766/F Submitted 2 Jul 2021 250 yards away

  SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION

  Granted Full applications Extension 21 docs
  Small domestic

• THE POOL HOUSE, GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD

  WD/2026/0185/F Submitted 28 Jan 2026 300 yards away

  USE OF POOLHOUSE COTTAGE AS TOURIST ACCOMMODATION.

  Granted Full applications 19 docs

• WD/2026/2038/CD Awaiting decision

  COOPERS, CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH

  APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 10 (Listed Buildings - Internal insulation) AND 11 (Removal of internal render) ATTACHED TO WD/2025/2783/LB

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions
• WD/2026/2034/CD Awaiting decision

  HOMESTALL STUD, HOMESTALL ROAD, ASHURST WOOD, RH19 3PH

  APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 (Provision of Bat Licence) ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2414/F

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions
• WD/2026/2027/CD Awaiting decision

  WARREN HOUSE, WARREN ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1TX

  APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 5 (Joinery details) AND 9 (Specification and Methodology for Lath and Lime Plaster Ceilings) ATTACHED TO WD/2025/2596/LB

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions
• WD/2026/2025/CD Awaiting decision

  11 STATION ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6AT

  APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4 (Highways - cycle parking prior to occupation) AND 6 (Miscellaneous - Mechanical Ventilation) ATTACHED TO WD/2026/0252/F

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Conditions
• WD/2026/1567/FA Granted

  HAMBLEDON, BATTLE ROAD, PUNNETTS TOWN, TN21 9PE

  VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF WD/2026/0048/F (SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION INCLUDING SOLAR PANELS) TO ALLOW AN ALTERATION TO THE REAR DOOR ARRANGEMENT.

  Received 4 Aug, published by the council 11 Aug 2026 Conditions