Leopards Mill, Hanging Birch Lane, Horam, East Sussex, TN21 0PD

Planning appeal 3368032 at Leopards Mill, Hanging Birch Lane, Horam, East Sussex, TN21 0PD (Wealden District Council) was dismissed on 3 October 2025 by Inspector McCreery D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted details intended to discharge condition 6 would preserve particular features of the Building and therefore preserve the Building itself and the features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses.

Approval of details for discharge of condition 6 relating to cleaning and paint removal of areas of exposed timber in a Grade II Listed Building

Authority: Wealden District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Other minor developments
Inspector: McCreery D
Postcode: TN21 0PD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the submitted details intended to discharge condition 6 would preserve particular features of the Building and therefore preserve the Building itself and the features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses

What decided it

The absence of specific detail about which timbers would be cleaned, lack of condition survey or assessment of historic and evidential interest, and the use of an imprecise and potentially abrasive cleaning method without adequate evidential basis meant the proposal could not demonstrably preserve the Building's special architectural or historic interest.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Saved Policy EN1 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998Policy SPO2 of the Core Strategy 2013

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