St Mary The Virgin Church, Vicarage Road, Hailsham, BN27 1BL
Approved on 27 February 2020
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
PROVIDE NEW PATH WITH BRICK PAVING FROM THE NEWLY OPENED VICTORIA GATES TO WEST END OF THE CHURCH LINKING WITH EXISTING FINISHED TARMAC PATHS WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE. DIVERSION OF EXISTING ACCESS/PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. REPLACEMENT AND NEW EXTERNAL FLOOD LIGHTINGS AROUND THE CHURCH
- Received
- 6 December 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Hailsham Central
- ReceivedReceived6 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 May
- TargetTarget Date28 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, VICARAGE ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 1BL. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Hailsham conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Hailsham Central. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- BN27 1BL
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hailsham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 January 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 20 May 2021
- Consultation start
- 7 January 2020
- Consultation end
- 20 May 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 January 2020
- Target decision date
- 28 February 2020
- Committee meeting
- 26 February 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 West Terrace Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 4QX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 February 2020
- Site notice start
- 7 January 2020
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100062701582
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation Area
- Brownfield land register: First Floor 31-33 & 41-43 Vicarage Field, HailshamRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wealden
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