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Unit F2, Chaucer Business Park, Dittons Road, Polegate, BN26 6QH

WD/2026/0412/FRFull - RetrospectiveApproved
Full

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING USE CLASS TO CLASS E (COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS AND SERVICE) FOR USE AS A SAUNA AND WELLNESS FACILITY

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Polegate Central
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at UNIT F2, CHAUCER BUSINESS PARK, DITTONS ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6QH. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Polegate Central. We hold 895 applications in total for the BN26 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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Application details

Postcode
BN26 6QH
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Polegate

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation start
10 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026
Committee meeting
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Dr Petr Vondras Chaucer Business Park Unit F2 Dittons Road Polegate East Sussex BN26 6QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 March 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10093175402
Documents
16

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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