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Sturton Place Community Health Service Centre, Station Road, Hailsham, BN27 2AU

WD/2023/0858/FFullApproved

Approved on 23 May 2023

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO/THREE-STOREY BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE (KNOWN AS THE WILLOWS), OUTBUILDING (DETACHED GARAGE) AND 1980s EXTENSION TO THE FORMER DRILL HALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICATION NO. WD/2021/1971/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE CONVERSION OF FORMER DRILL HALL TO FORM 5 RESIDENTIAL FLATS AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS INCLUDING REMOVAL OF MODERN EXTENSIONS AND INSERTION OF NEW DORMER WINDOWS. DEMOLITION OF REMAINING BUILDINGS AND REPLACEMENT WITH 29 NEW BUILD RESIDENTIAL FLATS AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS ALTERATIONS, CAR PARKING, REFUSE AND CYCLE STORAGE. ALL MATTERS TO BE DETERMINED EXCEPT LANDSCAPING).

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hailsham Central
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at STURTON PLACE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, STATION ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 2AU. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 3 other applications 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 2AU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hailsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2023
Consultation expiry
21 May 2023
Consultation start
17 April 2023
Consultation end
21 May 2023
Target decision date
1 June 2023
Committee meeting
23 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
43-45 Cornfield Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 4QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 May 2023
Site notice start
17 April 2023
Site notice end
10 May 2023

Additional information

UPRN
100062258407
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation AreaNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Sturton Place, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Jan

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 23 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/1971/MAO

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/0085/CD
  2. 2025
    20 Oct

    APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2021/1971/MAO

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentWD/2025/2392/NMA
  3. 2023
    7 Aug

    RESERVED MATTERS (LANDSCAPING) PURSUANT TO OUTLINE APPLICATION WD/2021/1971/MAO

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelatedWD/2023/2020/MRM
  4. 2023
    28 Jul

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/1971/MAO

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2023/1939/CD
  5. 2023
    28 Jul

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 6, 7, 8, 11, 21 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/1971/MAO

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2023/1940/CD
  6. 2023
    29 Mar

    DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO/THREE-STOREY BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE (KNOWN AS THE WILLOWS), OUTBUILDING…

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/2023/0858/F
  7. 2021
    26 Jul

    OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE CONVERSION OF FORMER DRILL HALL TO FORM 5 RESIDENTIAL FLATS AND ASSOCIATED…

    ApprovedMajor Application - OutlinePart ofWD/2021/1971/MAO

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