Hellingly Hospital, The Drive, Hellingly, BN27 4ER
Approved on 29 October 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
INSTALLATION OF 750 X 450Wp SOLAR PV MODULES ACROSS SEVERAL ROOF SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HELLINGLY CENTRE BUILDING GIVING A TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 337.5kWp.
- Received
- 12 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Hellingly
- ReceivedReceived12 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided29 Oct
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at HELLINGLY HOSPITAL, THE DRIVE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4ER. Wealden has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hellingly. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 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
- BN27 4ER
- Application type
- PD for installation, alteration or replacement of Solar Photovoltaics on Non-domestic buildings
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hellingly
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2025
- Committee meeting
- 27 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Hellingly Hospital The Drive Hellingly East Sussex BN27 4ER
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 October 2025
Additional information
- UPRN
- 100062258958
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodland: Park WoodPart of the site
- 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Source: Wealden
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