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Swanwood Farm, Gun Hill, Chiddingly, TN21 0JS

WD/2025/2788/FFullApproved

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: ApprovalTBC7 conditions

Proposal

PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV ARRAY.

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
TBC
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 217 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at SWANWOOD FARM, GUN HILL, CHIDDINGLY, TN21 0JS. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 23 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron. We hold 957 applications in total for the TN21 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
TN21 0JS
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiddingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 January 2026
Consultation start
22 December 2025
Consultation end
9 January 2026
Target decision date
5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Innovation Centre Unit 65 Highfield Drive Churchfields St Leonards-on-sea TN38 9UH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 December 2025

Additional information

UPRN
10033404548
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

Source: Wealden

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