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Hailsham Community College, Battle Road, Hailsham, BN27 1DT

WD/3423/CCCounty Council DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 20 November 2020

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Partial demolition of the existing Craft Block and construction of a new 3-storey multi subject teaching block to support the expansion of the college, as well as alterations to the remaining craft block. Associated internal works to the existing school buildings and external works including construction of a new Flood Lit All Weather Sports pitch, 46 space Car Park, Pedestrian access point onto the Cuckoo Trail and alterations to the existing Northern entrance onto Battle Road.

Received
22 July 2020
Ward
Hailsham Market
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 121 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Hailsham Community College, Battle Road, Hailsham, BN27 1DT. East Sussex has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 8 weeks longer than East Sussex's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 postcode area.

100% of all applications at East Sussex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN27 1DT
Application type
County Council Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hailsham
District
Wealden

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2020
Consultation expiry
28 August 2020
Consultation start
7 August 2020
Consultation end
28 August 2020

Additional information

Documents
55

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Sussex

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