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Swife Lane, Broad Oak, Heathfield, TN21 8UR

WD/2026/0045/OHOverhead LineApproved

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

THIS SCHEME INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF ONE SPAN OF OVERHEAD LINE, THE REMOVAL OF POLE 247916, THE RELOCATION OF ONE 9 METRE STAY WIRE AND THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER 9 METRE STAY WIRE. POLE 247915 IS AN 11 METRE POLE AND WILL BECOME THE TERMINAL POLE AND BE REPLACED LIKE FOR LIKE IF REQUIRED FOR LONGEVITY OF THE POLE.

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horam & Punnetts Town
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UR. Wealden has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Horam & Punnetts Town. We hold 957 applications in total for the TN21 postcode area.

88% of all 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 8UR
Application type
Overhead Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heathfield & Waldron

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 February 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Target decision date
20 February 2026
Committee meeting
10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Metford Evegate Business Park Smeeth Ashford Kent TN25 6SX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Source: Wealden

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