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Swallow Business Park, The Dicker, Lower Dicker, BN27 4BW

WD/2020/1626/MAJMajor Application - FullApproved
Full

Approved on 22 January 2021

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PROPOSED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SCHEME UTILISING OPEN POND SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION INSTEAD OF UNDERGROUND ATTENUATION TANK WITH PUMPED OUTLET (AMENDMENT TO WD/2019/0404/MFA - MINOR MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2015/2554/FA (MINOR MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2010/1974/MAJ (RENEWAL OF WD/2007/1504/MAJ - ERECTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS TOTALLING 14,829 SQ.M., ETC)) AND DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS 13, 19, 20, 22 AND 30 THEREOF). VARIATION OF CONDITION 31 IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE LAYOUT AND BUILDINGS OF PHASE 3).

Received
14 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hellingly
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at SWALLOW BUSINESS PARK, THE DICKER, LOWER DICKER, BN27 4BW. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hellingly. 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 4BW
Application type
Major Application - Full
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hellingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2020
Consultation expiry
28 May 2021
Consultation start
30 October 2020
Consultation end
28 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
21 November 2020
Target decision date
25 January 2021
Committee meeting
21 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Oakhurst Studio Horam Heathfield East Sussex TN21 0LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 December 2020
Site notice start
3 November 2020
Site notice end
24 November 2020

Additional information

UPRN
10033418427
Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Dicker Wood 2Next to the site
  • 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 (21)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    14 Aug

    PROPOSED SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SCHEME UTILISING OPEN POND SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION INSTEAD OF UNDERGROUND…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2020/1626/MAJ
  2. 2019
    21 Feb

    MINOR MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2015/2554/FA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPart ofWD/2019/0404/MFA
  3. 2015
    13 Nov

    MINOR MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2010/1974/MAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsPart ofWD/2015/2554/FA
  4. 2010
    24 Aug

    RENEWAL OF WD/2007/1504/MAJ ERECTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS TOTALLING 14,829 SQ METRES ETC.

    ApprovedMajor Application - FullPart ofWD/2010/1974/MAJ
  5. 2007
    21 May

    ERECTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS TOTALLING 14,829 SQUARE METRES WITHIN USE CLASSES B1, B2 & B8…

    ApprovedMajor Application - FullPart ofWD/2007/1504/MAJ

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    23 Jan

    VARIATION OF CONDITION 15 OF WD/2015/2554

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)WD/2019/0156/FA

Source: Wealden

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