Nerc Space Geodesy Facility, Herstmonceux Castle, Wartling Road, Wartling, BN27 1RN
Approved on 30 March 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
NEW TELESCOPE DOME WITH ASSOCIATED FENCING AND WEATHER MAST
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Wealden District Council
- Ward
- Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at NERC SPACE GEODESY FACILITY, HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE, WARTLING ROAD, WARTLING, BN27 1RN. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer 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 Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels. 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 1RN
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Herstmonceux
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2026
- Committee meeting
- 27 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Lucastes Mews Paddockhall Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 1HE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 63 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 10 February 2026
Additional information
- UPRN
- 10091053501
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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