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Copper Farm, North Street, Hellingly, BN27 4EA

WD/2026/0204/FRFull - RetrospectiveRefused
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Refused on 28 April 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hellingly
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at COPPER FARM, NORTH STREET, HELLINGLY, BN27 4EA. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Hellingly. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 postcode area.

79% of amendment applications at Wealden District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The application site occupies an unsustainable rural location, outside any defined development boundary, where there are no services and facilities local to the site and no realistic options for travel other than by private vehicle. The weight to be afforded to the delivery of a single dwelling in terms of housing supply would not outweigh the significant and demonstrable harm arising from its unsustainable location, where residents would be reliant on private vehicle trips to access services and facilities on a day-to-day basis. The proposal does not therefore constitute sustainable development, being contrary to Saved Policies GD2, EN1 and DC17 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998; Spatial Planning Objectives SPO7, SPO8 and SPO13 and Policies WCS2, WCS6 and WCS14 of the Wealden Core Strategy 2013; and paragraphs 8, 11, 83, 110, 115 and 117 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN27 4EA
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hellingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Consultation start
16 March 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026
Committee meeting
28 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 March 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10093175279
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Holmbush ShawPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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