Land Off Eastbourne Road, Polegate BN26 5DD
Refused on 28 October 2025
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FOODSTORE (USE CLASS E(a)) WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, PARKING, SERVICING AREA, AND LANDSCAPING; AND OUTLINE APPLICATION (ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR ACCESS) FOR THE ERECTION OF A CARE HOME (CLASS C2), WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, PARKING, SERVICING AREA, AND LANDSCAPING.
- Received
- 1 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
- ReceivedReceived1 Apr
- ValidatedValidated29 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Sep
- TargetTarget Date28 Oct
- DecidedDecided28 Oct
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at LAND OFF EASTBOURNE ROAD, POLEGATE BN26 5DD. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 22 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill. We hold 896 applications in total for the BN26 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
- BN26 5DD
- Application type
- Major Application - Full
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Polegate
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 13 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 October 2025
- Committee meeting
- 28 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 September 2025
- Site notice start
- 21 August 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 80
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202622 Jul
REQUEST FOR SCREENING OPINION FOR HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION…
EIA Not RequiredApplicationWD/2026/6501/SO - 202623 Jun
HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FOODSTORE (USE CLASS E(a))…
PendingMajor Application - FullWD/2026/1258/MAJ
Source: Wealden
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