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Knights Farm West, Hailsham, BN27 4AZ

WD/2025/2402/MAJMajor Application - FullApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee28 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE A WASTE VEHICLE STORAGE DEPOT (SUI GENERIS) AND SOLAR FARM, TOGETHER WITH A NEW ACCESS ROUNDABOUT ON THE A267, ALONGSIDE ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND SERVICING AND OTHER SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hellingly
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 249 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at KNIGHTS FARM WEST, HAILSHAM, BN27 4AZ. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 276 days, 31 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
BN27 4AZ
Application type
Major Application - Full
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hellingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation start
26 November 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Soho Square Soho London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 December 2025
Site notice start
26 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
137

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

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.

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. 2026
    14 Sep

    APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) & 5a (Highway…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsWD/2026/1854/CD
  2. 2025
    21 Oct

    DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE A WASTE VEHICLE STORAGE DEPOT (SUI GENERIS) AND SOLAR FARM, TOGETHER WITH…

    This applicationApprovedFullWD/2025/2402/MAJ

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    7 Sep

    KNIGHTS FARM WEST, HAILSHAM, BN27 4AZ

    ApprovedApplicationWD/2026/1795/CD

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