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Little Wold And Land To The Rear (South), Station Road, Groombridge, TN3 9NE

WD/2025/2872/MAJMajor Application - FullAwaiting decision
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Proposal

HYBRID APPLICATION CONSISTING OF: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF 21 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, CREATION OF A NEW ACCESS ROAD, INTERNAL ROADS, CAR PARKING, LANDSCAPING, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE FOR EXCLUSIVE USE BY THE SCHOOL AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES. OUTLINE APPLICATION (ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR ACCESS) FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICED LAND FOR A DOCTOR’S SURGERY, AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS AND PARKING.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision due
14 April 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Withyham
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at LITTLE WOLD AND LAND TO THE REAR (SOUTH), STATION ROAD, GROOMBRIDGE, TN3 9NE. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Withyham. We hold 1,126 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 9NE
Application type
Major Application - Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
21
Parish
Withyham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 February 2026
Site notice start
23 January 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100060135224
Documents
192

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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, 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.

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