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Sussex 1 Farm, Highfield Holding, Laughton BN8 6BU

WD/2011/2394/FRFull - RetrospectiveApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2012

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WITH A MAXIMUM ARRAY HEIGHT OF 2.6M AND A MINIMUM INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 50kW.

Received
28 October 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chiddingly & East Hoathly
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at SUSSEX 1 FARM, HIGHFIELD HOLDING, LAUGHTON BN8 6BU. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

79% of amendment applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN8 6BU
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Laughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2011
Consultation expiry
5 January 2012
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2011
Committee meeting
27 January 2012

Publicity

Site notice end
5 January 2012

Additional information

UPRN
10033414689
Documents
13

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)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2013
    28 Jan

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE RETENTION OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WITH A…

    ApprovedFull - RetrospectiveRelatedWD/2013/0186/FR
  2. 2011
    28 Oct

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentWD/2011/2394/FR

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    1 Aug

    CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO B8 (STORAGE)

    WithdrawnFullWD/2008/2108/F

Source: Wealden

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