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Polegate Library, Windsor Way, Polegate, BN26 6QF

WD/3447/CCCounty Council DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 10 March 2022

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Change of use of former Library building (Class F1) to Storage facility (Class B8)/Office space (Class Eg(i) for the Library and Information Service. Replacement of single glazed timber windows and doors with new double glazed PVCU windows and doors with solid panels and new aluminium doors. New vehicle and pedestrian gates.

Received
7 January 2022
Ward
Polegate & Windmill
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 62 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Polegate Library, Windsor Way, Polegate, BN26 6QF. East Sussex has handled 99 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 896 applications in total for the BN26 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
BN26 6QF
Application type
County Council Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Polegate
District
Wealden

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2022
Consultation expiry
9 February 2022
Consultation start
19 January 2022
Consultation end
9 February 2022

Additional information

Documents
7

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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