Uplands Community College, Lower High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AZ

WD/2019/0613/MAJMajor Application - FullApproved

Full

Approved on 1 July 2019

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

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Proposal

PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF TWO EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS (BLOCK A AND BLOCK L); CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT TEACHING BLOCK INCLUDING A MAIN HALL AND DINING HALL; PROVISION OF A NEW POLYMERIC MULTI-USE GAME AREA (MUGA); RATIONALISATION OF EXISTING VEHICLE PARKING AND LANDSCAPING; TOGETHER WITH ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO BLOCK B, BLOCK C AND BLOCK K FOLLOWING THE DEMOLITION WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES A TEMPORARY CLASSROOM BUILDING TO BE PROVIDED FOR UNTIL COMPLETION OF REPLACEMENT TEACHING BLOCK.

Received: 20 March 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Wealden District Council
Ward: Frant & Wadhurst

ReceivedReceived20 Mar
ValidatedValidated2 Apr
Consult.Consultation3 May
TargetTarget Date2 Jul
DecidedDecided1 Jul

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at UPLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LOWER HIGH STREET, WADHURST, TN5 6AZ. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Frant & Wadhurst. We hold 1,451 applications in total for the TN5 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode: TN5 6AZ
Application type: Major Application - Full
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Wadhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 April 2019
Consultation expiry: 3 May 2022
Consultation start: 8 April 2019
Consultation end: 3 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 23 May 2019
Target decision date: 2 July 2019
Committee meeting: 28 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Brooklyn Chambers 11 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4AP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 17 May 2019
Site notice start: 8 April 2019
Site notice end: 10 May 2019

Additional information

UPRN: 100062590262
Documents: 175

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Wadhurst Conservation AreaPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Stables to the North East of the GreyhoundOn or next to this site · +2 more
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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