Utopia Leisure Centre, Downsview Crescent, Uckfield, TN22 1UB
Approved on 15 July 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
THE INSTALLATION OF 619 NO. ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PV PANELS OF TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY 281.19kWp
- Received
- 9 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Uckfield East
- ReceivedReceived9 May
- ValidatedValidated3 Jun
- Consult.Consultation7 Jul
- TargetTarget Date29 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at UTOPIA LEISURE CENTRE, DOWNSVIEW CRESCENT, UCKFIELD, TN22 1UB. Wealden has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Uckfield East. We hold 2,467 applications in total for the TN22 postcode area.
90% of outline 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 1UB
- Application type
- PD for installation, alteration or replacement of Solar Photovoltaics on Non-domestic buildings
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Uckfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 16 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 7 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 July 2025
- Committee meeting
- 14 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Unit 1a Tweed Road Tweed Road Clevedon BS21 6RR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 June 2025
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100062556902
- Documents
- 11
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.
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Source: Wealden
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