Bewl Water, Bewlbridge Lane, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, TN3 8JH
Approved on 12 August 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
TEMPORARY PERMISSION FOR THE SITING OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLDING OF A CHRISTMAS EVENT FROM 1 OCTOBER 2025 TO 16 JANUARY 2026.
- Received
- 14 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Frant & Wadhurst
- ReceivedReceived14 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation20 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Aug
- DecidedDecided12 Aug
Decided in 176 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at BEWL WATER, BEWLBRIDGE LANE, COUSLEY WOOD, WADHURST, TN3 8JH. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 18 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 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
- TN3 8JH
- Application type
- Major Application - Full
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Wadhurst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 June 2025
- Consultation start
- 15 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 20 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 August 2025
- Committee meeting
- 12 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Ridgers Barn Bunny Lane Eridge Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 9HA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 182 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 June 2025
- Site notice start
- 15 May 2025
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100062566537
- Documents
- 27
Site 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.
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Jul
PROPOSED SITING OF TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND LIGHTING ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLDING OF AN ANNUAL CHRISTMAS…
PendingMajor Application - FullWD/2026/1508/MAJ - 202321 Jul
CAMPSITE FOR UP TO 80 PITCHES AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A PORTACABIN BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND SEPTEMBER.
RefusedMajor Application - FullWD/2023/1895/MAJ
Source: Wealden
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