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1 The Drive, Hailsham, BN27 3HN

WD/2022/1132/FFullRefused

Refused on 7 November 2022

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

2 NO. NEW BUILD DETACHED BUNGALOWS ON LAND AT REAR OF 1 THE DRIVE. FORMATION OF NEW ACCESS. NEW DRIVEWAY AND VISITOR PARKING.

Received
29 April 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hailsham South
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 188 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 1 THE DRIVE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3HN. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 192 days, 19 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Hailsham South. 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 3HN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hailsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2022
Consultation expiry
14 October 2022
Consultation start
30 September 2022
Consultation end
14 October 2022
Target decision date
7 November 2022
Committee meeting
3 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cortlandt George Street Hailsham East Sussex BN27 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
188 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 September 2022
Site notice end
14 October 2022

Appeal

Appeal date
5 May 2023
Appeal result
Dismissed
Appeal decision date
11 March 2024

Appeal history

3322172
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 March 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

UPRN
100060122296
Documents
35

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

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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.

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    14 Jun

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0794/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2024/1417/CD
  2. 2024
    1 May

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0794/F

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsWD/2024/1046/CD
  3. 2024
    13 Mar

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4, 5 AND 6 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0794/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2024/0637/CD
  4. 2023
    22 Mar

    ERECTION OF DETACHED BUNGALOW INCLUDING NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS, DRIVEWAY AND PARKING

    ApprovedFullWD/2023/0794/F
  5. 2021
    24 Sep

    2NO NEW BUILD 3 BEDROOM DETACHED DWELLINGS ON LAND AT REAR OF 1 THE DRIVE, HAILSHAM. FORMATION OF NEW ACCESS…

    RefusedFullWD/2021/2502/F
  6. 2020
    21 Dec

    ERECTION OF 3 NO. 3 BEDROOM DETACHED DWELLINGS. FORMATION OF NEW ACCESS, NEW DRIVEWAY AND VISITOR PARKING.

    RefusedFullWD/2020/2666/F

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