Land Off Eastbourne Road, Uckfield

WD/2016/1081/MEAMajor Application with Environmental AssessmentRefused

Full

Refused on 25 August 2016

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR UP TO 90 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS (INCLUDING UP TO 35% AFFORDABLE HOUSING), INTRODUCTION OF STRUCTURAL PLANTING AND LANDSCAPING, INFORMAL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA, SURFACE WATER FLOOD MITIGATION, VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT FROM EASTBOURNE ROAD AND ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS. ALL MATTERS TO BE RESERVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAIN SITE ACCESS.

Received: 4 May 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wealden District Council
Ward: Uckfield Ridgewood

ReceivedReceived4 May
ValidatedValidated5 May
Consult.Consultation6 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided25 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at LAND OFF EASTBOURNE ROAD, UCKFIELD. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 25 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Uckfield Ridgewood.

86% of full 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

Application type: Major Application with Environmental Assessment
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 90
Parish: Uckfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 May 2016
Consultation expiry: 17 June 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 6 June 2016
Committee meeting: 25 August 2016

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 17 June 2016

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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