Town and Country Planning
Wealden District Council
PLANNING (LISTED BUILDING AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990
DESIGNATION OF FOREST ROW CONSERVATION AREA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Wealden District Council (hereinafter called “the Council”), in pursuance of its powers under section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, has reviewed the FOREST ROW Conservation Area previously designated in 1992. The review considered whether the area remained of special architectural or historic interest and that it is desirable to preserve or enhance its character or appearance. The review concluded that a conservation area should be designated in FOREST ROW, with amendments to the previously designated area, to show some areas excluded and additional areas included. All properties previously within the designated conservation area and not listed below remain within the conservation area designated as of 22 March 2017. Public consultation took place in parallel with the Issues and Options Consultation on the Wealden Local Plan in 2015 and the Council has had regard to any written representations made when resolving to designate the conservation area in the amended form.
The additional areas described in SCHEDULE ONE were designated as part of the FOREST ROW Conservation Area on 22 March 2017.
SCHEDULE ONE
Lower Road, Forest Row RH18 5HE
Standard House
Newlands Motors, Standard House
No.1 – 5 Heather Place
No.1 and 2 Sunnyvale Cottages
No.1 – 4 Medway Cottages
Damsons
No.1 and 2 Lea Cottages
Bakery Cottage
Squirrels
Cyrnel Bakery Ltd
Flat 1, 2 and 3 Bensons Court
Pranks Mead
Hazel Cottage
No.1 – 4 Dale Cottages
Flat, Silverdale
Rooftops
The Square, Forest Row RH18 5ES
Private Collection Ladieswear Ltd, Unit 1
Omnifuture Ltd, Unit 2
Hartfield Road, Forest Row RH18 5DN
No.3
Howard Cundey Estate Agents, Ground Floor, 5
No. 5A
Flat 1 – 3, 6
Maurice Rodwell Ltd, 7 – 8
No.9
Seasons Forest Row Ltd 10 – 11
Season Flat, 10
Ballard & Shortall, 12
Forest Row Osteopathic Clinic, No.13
No.13A
Morning Mist Limited, No. 14 – 15
First Floor Flat, No.14 – 15
Pharmac Ltd, No.16
Service Line Management Ltd, 1st Floor, No.16
No.17
No.18
The Foresters Arms, No.19
The Playing Field on the north of Hartfield Road, adjacent to Station Road
Hartfield Road, Forest Row RH18 5DQ
Flats 1 – 12 Newlands Place
The co-operative, 1 – 4 Newlands Place
Jeroen Markies Antiques, 5 Newlands Place
Cadari, 6 Newlands Place
Ralph's Café, 7 Newlands Place
Ashdown Gallery, 8 Newlands Place
Hartfield Road, Forest Row RH18 5DY
Including Land at front of buildings only:
The Finishing Touch, 20
No. 20A
No. 21
No. 21A
Chameleon Business Media Ltd, 22
No. 22A
No. 23
No. 23A
Foresta Travel, No.24
No. 24A
Ashdown House Lets, No.25
No. 25A
Pretty Permanent Make Up Ltd, No. 26
No. 26A
Forest Flooring, No.27
No. 27A
Arka Cartographics Ltd, No.28
Flats 1 – 3, No.28
Including the whole Property
No. 29, No. 30, No.35 – 42 (inc)
Hartfield Road, Forest Row RH18 5DZ
Forest Row Community Centre
Hambro Hall
Beaumont
Flat, Beaumont
Threshers
Land to either side of the junction with Upper Close and Hartfield Road
Lewes Road, Forest Row RH18 5AA
VG Builders Ltd, The Old Workshop
Gilham Lane, Forest Row RH18 5AH
Orchard End
Spring Cottage
Land to the south of Gilham Lane
The areas described in SCHEDULE TWO ceased to be designated on 22 March 2017 and are no longer part of the FOREST ROW Conservation Area.
SCHEDULE TWO
Gilham Lane, Forest Row RH18 5AH
The Rowans
Markvien
Riverside, Forest Row RH18 5HZ
1 – 18 Kennard Court
Brambletye Hotel and Restaurant – the western, rear, element
Lewes Road, Forest Row RH18 5EZ
Blenheim Studios
The principal effects of this designation are as follows:
• In carrying out any function under the planning acts (and in particular for determining applications for planning permission) the Council and the Secretary of State are required to take into account the desirability of preserving and enhancing the character and appearance of the area.
• Special publicity must be given to planning applications for development in the conservation area.
• Planning permission is required for the demolition or substantial demolition of a building within a conservation area, and may be needed for the demolition of gates, fences, walls and railings. It is now a criminal offence to carry out demolition in a conservation area without planning permission.
• The Council must usually be notified in advance if works are proposed to any trees within a conservation area. Once notice has been given, no works can commence until either six weeks have elapsed or the Local Planning Authority has granted consent. Carrying out works without fulfilling this requirement is an offence;
• Certain householder permitted development rights are reduced or removed, and permission may be needed from the Council before making alterations such as cladding, inserting windows, installing satellite dishes and solar panels, adding conservatories or other extensions, laying paving or building walls. The Council can add to the types of alterations that need planning permission by making an Article 4 Direction and this can be used to protect features particular to the area from being lost without the need of permission.
• The Council is under a duty to formulate and publish plans to ensure the preservation or enhancement of the Conservation Area.
FURTHER INFORMATION including a plan detailing the Conservation Area boundary and information relating to the public consultation undertaken can be viewed on the Council website (www.wealden.gov.uk) or at Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX (Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00).