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12 High Street, Westham, BN24 5LY

WD/2026/0197/FFullApproved

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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Proposal

PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF DWELLINGHOUSE (USE CLASS C3(a)) TO A RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME FOR UP TO THREE CHILDREN (USE CLASS C2).

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 12 HIGH STREET, WESTHAM, BN24 5LY. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Herstmonceux & Pevensey Levels. We hold 118 applications in total for the BN24 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
BN24 5LY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Westham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026
Committee meeting
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rosebery Cottage 7 South Cliff Avenue Bexhill-on-Sea East Sussex TN39 3EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
75 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 February 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100060129566
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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