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Land To The Rear Of 72 High Street, Hailsham, BN27 1AU

WD/2022/0005/FFullRefused

Refused on 23 March 2023

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

REDEVELOPMENT INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE DETACHED BUNGALOW AND BRICK GARAGES AND THE ERECTION OF 4 NO. ONE-BEDROOM FLATS WITH PARKING AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING.

Received
4 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hailsham Central
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 233 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at LAND TO THE REAR OF 72 HIGH STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 1AU. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 443 days, 55 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
2 August 2022
Consultation expiry
15 March 2023
Consultation start
22 February 2023
Consultation end
15 March 2023
Target decision date
24 March 2023
Committee meeting
23 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 London Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
234 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 February 2023
Site notice start
22 February 2023
Site notice end
15 March 2023

Appeal

Appeal date
20 July 2023
Appeal result
Dismissed
Appeal decision date
25 July 2024

Appeal history

3326322
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 July 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN
100062257729
Documents
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation AreaPart of 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, 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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