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Highfields Holding, Unit 2, Shortgate Lane, Laughton, BN8 6BU

WD/2024/1767/DDemolitionApproved

Approved on 28 August 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

DEMOLITION OF A FORMER POULTRY SHED BENEFITTING FROM PERMISSION UNDER WD/2007/1265/F AND WD/2008/2537/F FOR BUSINESS USE COMPRISING TIMBER ENCLOSED WITH CORRUGATED SHEET.

Received
30 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Arlington
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at HIGHFIELDS HOLDING, UNIT 2, SHORTGATE LANE, LAUGHTON , BN8 6BU. Wealden has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Arlington. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

88% of all 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
BN8 6BU
Application type
Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Laughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2024
Target decision date
28 August 2024
Committee meeting
28 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sackville House Sackville Lane Hartfield East Sussex TN7 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

UPRN
10033414689
Documents
8

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    30 Jul

    DEMOLITION OF A FORMER POULTRY SHED BENEFITTING FROM PERMISSION UNDER WD/2007/1265/F

    This applicationApprovedOtherWD/2024/1767/D
  2. 2008
    25 Sep

    CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO B8 (STORAGE).

    ApprovedFullPart ofWD/2008/2537/F
  3. 2007
    30 Apr

    CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE REDUNDANT FARM BUILDINGS TO B8.

    ApprovedFullPart ofWD/2007/1265/F

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2008
    1 Aug

    CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO B8 (STORAGE)

    WithdrawnFullWD/2008/2108/F

Source: Wealden

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