Land Off Mill Road, Hailsham

WD/2023/0999/MRMMajor Application - Reserved MattersPermitted

Reserved matters

Proposal

RESERVED MATTERS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE) PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PERMISSION WD/2017/2956/MAO (OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 220 DWELLINGS, PLUS CONVENIENCE STORE (A1 USE CLASS), PLUS PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPING AND SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM (SUDS) AND VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT FROM MILL ROAD. ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR MEANS OF ACCESS).

Received: 14 April 2023
Decided: 14 November 2023 · Approval
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Wealden District Council
Ward: Hailsham East

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

ReceivedSubmitted14 Apr
ValidatedValidated8 Jun
Consult.Consultation21 Jul
TargetTarget Date14 Nov
DecidedDecided14 Nov

Decided in 159 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 214 days, 24 weeks longer 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/2023/0999/MRM

Address

LAND OFF MILL ROAD, HAILSHAM

Local Authority

Wealden

Application Type

Major Application - Reserved Matters

Scale / Size

Large

Number of Dwellings

220

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decision Issued

Ward

Hailsham East

Parish

Hailsham

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address

30 Tower View Kings Hill Sittingbourne Road West Malling Kent ME19 4UY

Agent Address

Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

14 April 2023

Consultation Expiry

21 July 2023

Target Decision Date

14 November 2023

Date Decided

14 November 2023

Date Validated

8 June 2023

Date Submitted

14 April 2023

Consultation Start

30 June 2023

Consultation End

21 July 2023

Committee Meeting

9 November 2023

Planning Decision

Decision

Approval

Decided By

Committee

Statutory Period

159 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry

14 July 2023

Site Notice Start

30 June 2023

Site Notice End

21 July 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

124

Coordinates

50.858120, 0.275629

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wealden

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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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