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Land At Peelings Lane, Westham

WD/2025/2269/MAOMajor Application - OutlineAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 150 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS (INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING), VEHICULAR ACCESS ROAD FROM PEELINGS LANE, INTERNAL ROADS, CAR PARKING, LANDSCAPING, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL MATTERS TO BE RESERVED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAIN SITE ACCESS.

Received
1 October 2025
Decision due
16 February 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at LAND AT PEELINGS LANE, WESTHAM. Wealden has handled 1,019 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 October 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels.

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

Application type
Major Application - Outline
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
150
Parish
Westham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Freedom Works Astral Towers Betts Way Crawley West Sussex RH10 9XA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 December 2025
Site notice start
11 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
267

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • SSSI: Pevensey Levels SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Pevensey LevelsPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Pevensey LevelsPart of the site

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 (19)

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, Special Protection Areas, 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

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© 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.

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