Wadhurst Institute Hall And Field, Washwell Lane, Wadhurst, TN5 6AP
Approved on 23 November 2021
Council decision: Planning Permission Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
ERECTION OF PLAYGROUND AND SURROUNDING SAFETY FENCE.
- Received
- 19 May 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Frant & Wadhurst
- ReceivedReceived19 May
- ValidatedValidated22 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Nov
Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at WADHURST INSTITUTE HALL AND FIELD, WASHWELL LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6AP. Wealden has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 188 days, 19 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
90% of outline 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
- TN5 6AP
- Application type
- Lawful Development - Proposed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wadhurst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 October 2021
- Target decision date
- 17 December 2021
- Committee meeting
- 23 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Pavilion Sparrows Green Recreation Ground South View Road Wadhurst East Sussex TN5 6TW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (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, 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
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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.
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Source: Wealden
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