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 conservation area at COUSLEY WOOD previously designated in 1995 and has determined to designate a new part of the Conservation Area at PELL GREEN to the southwest. The review considered whether the conservation area at COUSLEY WOOD remained of special architectural or historic interest and that it is desirable to preserve or enhance its character or appearance. The review also determined that the area around PELL GREEN to the southwest is an area 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 to include both COUSLEY WOOD and PELL GREEN, with amendments to the previously designated area, to show additional areas included. The new conservation area to be known as the PELL GREEN AND COUSLEY WOOD CONSERVATION AREA was designated on 22 March 2017. All properties previously within the previously 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 PELL GREEN and COUSLEY WOOD Conservation Area on 22 March 2017.

SCHEDULE ONE

Cousley Wood Road, Wadhurst TN5 6EF

Apsley Cottage

Barcaldine

Bensons

Blackberry Cottage

Chapel Cottage

Copstone Cottage

Days Cottage

Fair View

Hill Cottage

Meadow Croft

Pell House

Oast Annexe at Pell House

Pell Green Cottage

Rohoboth Chapel

Rosemary

Rosemary Cottage

Sadlers

Saham

Senlac

The Barn

The Larches

The Shrubbery

Welby Cottage

Windrush Cottage

Cousley Wood Road, Wadhurst TN5 6EP

Brambledon

Croxted House

Great Butts Barn, and land to the south

Great Butts Cottage

Great Butts Farm

The Granary, Great Butts Farm

Great Butts Farm Cottage

Great Butts House

Mead Cottage

Owl Barn

Rabs Cottage

Stone House

Swallows

Wickets

Monks Lane, Wadhurst TN5 6EN

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Chapel House

The Carriage House

White Friars Chapel

Pell Hill, Wadhurst TN5 6EF

Great Pell Farm

Great Pell Oast House

Newbury Lane, Wadhurst TN5 6HA

Casanton

Creggans

Hazeldene

Melrose

Southlands

St Budeaux

The Orchard

Villa Elizabetta

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).