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Land East Of Green Lane/Palesgate Lane, Steel Cross, Crowborough

WD/2023/1798/MAJMajor Application - FullPermitted
Full

Proposal

PHASED DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE 120 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS (USE CLASS C3), INCLUDING 40% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 5% CUSTOM BUILD HOUSING WITH ASSOCIATED PLAYSPACE, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, ACCESS TO GREEN LANE VIA A NEW JUNCTION, AND HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING INCLUDING WOODLAND AND TREE PLANTING. TOTAL UPLIFT OF 17 NO. DWELLINGS TO APPROVED DEVELOPMENT WD/2022/0398/MRM.

Received
12 July 2023
Decided
20 February 2025 · Approval
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Crowborough Jarvis Brook
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
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  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 575 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Wealden86% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application at LAND EAST OF GREEN LANE/PALESGATE LANE, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH. Wealden has handled 5,905 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 589 days, 75 weeks longer than Wealden's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Crowborough Jarvis Brook.

Application Details

Reference
WD/2023/1798/MAJ
Address
LAND EAST OF GREEN LANE/PALESGATE LANE, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH
Local Authority
Wealden
Application Type
Major Application - Full
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
120
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Crowborough Jarvis Brook
Parish
Crowborough

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Courier House 80–84 Calverley Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 2UN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
12 July 2023
Consultation Expiry
2 September 2023
Target Decision Date
20 February 2025
Date Decided
20 February 2025
Date Validated
26 July 2023
Date Submitted
12 July 2023
Consultation Start
3 August 2023
Consultation End
2 September 2023
Committee Meeting
27 November 2023

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval
Decided By
Committee
Statutory Period
575 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
2 September 2023
Site Notice Start
3 August 2023
Site Notice End
24 August 2023

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
127
Coordinates
51.061447, 0.184998
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wealden

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Associated applications

Planning constraints

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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