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Faircrouch, Faircrouch Lane, Wadhurst, TN5 6PT

WD/2025/1824/FFullApproved

Approved on 3 November 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

INSTALLATION OF A GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM COMPRISING 1 X 33kW AND 1 X 44kW HEAT PUMPS FOR DOMESTIC USE.

Received
30 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Frant & Wadhurst
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at FAIRCROUCH, FAIRCROUCH LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6PT. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 127 applications across Frant & Wadhurst. We hold 1,451 applications in total for the TN5 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
TN5 6PT
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wadhurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2025
Consultation expiry
17 October 2025
Consultation start
25 September 2025
Consultation end
17 October 2025
Target decision date
6 November 2025
Committee meeting
31 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipse House Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 October 2025
Site notice start
25 September 2025

Additional information

UPRN
100062700838
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: FaircrouchOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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
    30 Jul

    INSTALLATION OF A GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM COMPRISING 1X 33kW AND 1X 44kW HEAT PUMPS FOR DOMESTIC USE.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideWD/2025/1823/LB
  2. 2025
    30 Jul

    INSTALLATION OF A GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM COMPRISING 1 X 33kW AND 1 X 44kW HEAT PUMPS FOR DOMESTIC USE.

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/2025/1824/F

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