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Uplands Community College, Lower High Street, Wadhurst, TN5 6AZ

WD/2024/0130/NMANon-material amendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 April 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2022/2368/F (CHANGE FROM THE PROPOSED PITCHED ROOF IN THE EXPANSION OF THE ART & MUSIC BUILDING TO A FLAT ROOF INSTEAD. VISUAL IMPACT FROM CONSERVATION AREA: MOVING A FENCE TO CONCEAL IT FROM THE STREET AND PLACING IT NEAR THE PARKING AREA, ALONG WITH A NEW TREE REPORT. ALSO, THE TYPE OF LIGHTING TO BE USED IN THE ENTRANCE AND PARKING AREA IS ADDED (EXTERNAL LED BOLLARD LIGHTING), WHICH WAS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE PREVIOUS PLANNING APPLICATION).

Received
18 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated25 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at UPLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LOWER HIGH STREET, WADHURST, TN5 6AZ. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 7 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Frant & Wadhurst. We hold 1,451 applications in total for the TN5 postcode area.

79% of amendment 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
TN5 6AZ
Application type
Non-material amendment
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wadhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 January 2024
Target decision date
30 April 2024
Committee meeting
30 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
72 Connaught Avenue Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5WJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
96 days

Additional information

UPRN
100062590262
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    18 Jan

    APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2022/2368/F

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentWD/2024/0130/NMA
  2. 2022
    8 Sep

    (1) EXTENSION TO EXISTING ARTS & MUSIC BLOCK TO ACCOMMODATE PROPOSED RECEPTION SPACE AND ADDITION OF NEW…

    ApprovedFullPart ofWD/2022/2368/F

Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    19 Aug

    REPLACE COMBUSTIBLE CLADDING TO ART & MUSIC BLOCK WITH NON-COMBUSTIBLE BRICK SLIPS AND INSULATION TO ENHANCE…

    ApprovedFullWD/2024/1932/F
  2. 2024
    29 Jan

    WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED WADHURST CONSERVATION AREA OCTOBER 1971/MAY

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation AreaTM/2024/0028/TCA
  3. 2022
    25 May

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 7 ATTACHED TO WD/2019/0613/MAJ

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2022/1399/CD
  4. 2022
    11 Apr

    RETROSPECTIVE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE RETENTION OF 2 NO. MOBILE CLASSROOMS.

    ApprovedCounty Council ApplicationWD/2022/0968/CC
  5. 2019
    20 Mar

    PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF TWO EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS (BLOCK A AND BLOCK L); CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT…

    ApprovedMajor Application - FullWD/2019/0613/MAJ
  6. 2014
    21 Nov

    RETENTION OF EXISTING SCIENCE MOBILE LABS FOLLOWING EXPIRY OF ORIGINAL PLANNING PERMISSIONS

    ApprovedCounty Council ApplicationWD/2014/2438/CC

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