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Block 50-56 Merlin Court, Observatory View, Hailsham, BN27 2PS

WD/2020/2145/DCDistrict Council ApplicationApproved

Approved on 13 August 2021

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REMOVAL OF GROUND FLOOR EXTERNAL WINDOW AND INSTALLATION OF AN ENTRANCE DOOR TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNAL HALLWAY FOR DISABLED RESIDENT, AND CONSTRUCTION OF PATH FROM THE NEW DOOR TO THE EXISTING PATHWAY.

Received
20 October 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hailsham East
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for window replacement at BLOCK 50-56 MERLIN COURT, OBSERVATORY VIEW, HAILSHAM, BN27 2PS. Wealden has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 297 days, 34 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Hailsham East. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 postcode area.

88% of all 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 2PS
Application type
District Council Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hailsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2021
Consultation expiry
18 June 2021
Consultation start
28 May 2021
Consultation end
18 June 2021
Target decision date
23 August 2021
Committee meeting
12 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Council Offices Vicarage Lane Hailsham East Sussex BN27 2AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
109 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 May 2021
Site notice end
18 June 2021

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation AreaNext to the site

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, 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.

Source: Wealden

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