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Ashdown House, Library Way, Uckfield, TN22 1AR

WD/2025/0452/P26PD Change of use Commerical, Business & Service Uses to Dwelling HousesApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PROPOSED CONVERSION OF GROUND FLOOR OFFICES TO FORM 3 NO. DWELLING UNITS (COMPRISING 1 X 1-BEDROOM AND 2 X 2-BEDROOM)

Received
25 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Uckfield New Town
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at ASHDOWN HOUSE, LIBRARY WAY, UCKFIELD, TN22 1AR. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Uckfield conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Uckfield New Town. We hold 2,467 applications in total for the TN22 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
TN22 1AR
Application type
PD Change of use Commerical, Business & Service Uses to Dwelling Houses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Uckfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2025
Consultation expiry
7 April 2025
Consultation start
10 March 2025
Consultation end
7 April 2025
Target decision date
23 April 2025
Committee meeting
14 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 March 2025

Additional information

UPRN
10024376227
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Uckfield Conservation Area
  • 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, 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. 2025
    12 May

    DISCHARGE OF SECTIONS 75 AND 77 OF HABITATS REGULATIONS IN RELATION TO WD/2025/0452/P26

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWD/2025/1195/HAB
  2. 2025
    25 Feb

    PROPOSED CONVERSION OF GROUND FLOOR OFFICES TO FORM 3 NO. DWELLING UNITS (COMPRISING 1 X 1-BEDROOM AND 2 X…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentWD/2025/0452/P26

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