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35 Oakleaf Drive, Polegate, BN26 6PR

WD/2023/0499/FFullApproved

Approved on 6 April 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

DEMOLISH SIDE PORCH AND CONSERVATORY, ERECTION OF SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION.

Received
21 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Polegate North
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 35 OAKLEAF DRIVE, POLEGATE, BN26 6PR. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Polegate North. We hold 896 applications in total for the BN26 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
BN26 6PR
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Polegate

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2023
Consultation expiry
24 March 2023
Consultation start
2 March 2023
Consultation end
24 March 2023
Target decision date
24 April 2023
Committee meeting
4 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
22 Melvill Lane Eastbourne East Sussex BN20 9EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 March 2023
Site notice end
24 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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