Land Off Mill Road, Hailsham

WD/2022/6502/SOScreening OpinionPermitted

Outline / PiP

Proposal

REQUEST FOR SCREENING OPINION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 230 DWELLINGS AND CONVENIENCE STORE AND ASSOCATIED ACCESS, LANDSCAPEING AND OTHER WORKS

Received: 1 March 2022
Decided: 22 March 2022 · EIA Not Required
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Wealden District Council
Ward: Hailsham East

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted1 Mar
ValidatedValidated1 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Mar
DecidedDecided22 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Wealden90% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at LAND OFF MILL ROAD, HAILSHAM. Wealden has handled 1,019 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 47 days. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wealden's median. There have been 26 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Hailsham East.

Application Details

Reference

WD/2022/6502/SO

Address

LAND OFF MILL ROAD, HAILSHAM

Local Authority

Wealden

Application Type

Screening Opinion

Scale / Size

Large

Number of Dwellings

230

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decision Issued

Ward

Hailsham East

Parish

Hailsham

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address

c/o DHA Environment Eclips House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Agent Address

DHA Environment Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

1 March 2022

Target Decision Date

22 March 2022

Date Decided

22 March 2022

Date Validated

1 March 2022

Date Submitted

1 March 2022

Committee Meeting

22 March 2022

Planning Decision

Decision

EIA Not Required

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

21 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

50.858120, 0.275629

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wealden

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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.

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