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Mornings Mill Farm, Eastbourne Road, Lower Willingdon, BN20 9NY

WD/2021/0174/MEAMajor Application with Environmental AssessmentRefused
Full

Refused on 10 December 2021

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

OUTLINE APPLICATION WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR THE MEANS OF ACCESS FROM EASTBOURNE ROAD FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIXED-USE URBAN EXTENSION COMPRISING UP TO 700 DWELLINGS INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 8,600 SQ.M. OF EMPLOYMENT FLOORSPACE, MEDICAL CENTRE, SCHOOL, COMMUNITY CENTRE, RETAIL, PLAYING FIELDS, CHILDREN’S PLAY SPACE, ALLOTMENTS, AMENITY OPEN SPACE, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, CYCLE AND FOOTPATH ROUTES, AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

Received
22 January 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Lower Willingdon
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 302 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at MORNINGS MILL FARM, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NY. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 322 days, 38 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Lower Willingdon. We hold 356 applications in total for the BN20 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
BN20 9NY
Application type
Major Application with Environmental Assessment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
700
Parish
Willingdon & Jevington

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2021
Consultation expiry
31 October 2021
Consultation start
6 October 2021
Consultation end
31 October 2021
Target decision date
10 December 2021
Committee meeting
4 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Limit Station Road Rotherfield East Sussex TN6 3HN

Planning decision

Statutory period
302 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 March 2021
Site notice start
6 October 2021
Site notice end
31 October 2021

Appeal

Appeal date
22 April 2022
Appeal result
Allowed
Appeal decision date
28 September 2022

Appeal history

3297419
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 28 September 2022Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
190

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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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