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78 High Street, Hailsham, BN27 1AU

WD/2021/1614/FFullApproved

Approved on 26 October 2021

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM SUI GENERIS USE TO C3 DWELLING TO INCLUDE MINOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.

Received
16 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hailsham Central
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 131 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 78 HIGH STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 1AU. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Hailsham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1AU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hailsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2021
Consultation expiry
31 August 2021
Consultation start
14 July 2021
Consultation end
31 August 2021
Target decision date
27 October 2021
Committee meeting
25 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Briar House Nash Street Golden Cross Hailsham East Sussex BN27 4AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
132 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 August 2021
Site notice start
14 July 2021
Site notice end
10 August 2021

Additional information

UPRN
100062257732
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation Area
  • Brownfield land register: The Old Courthouse, High Street, HailshamRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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