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32 High Street, Hailsham, BN27 1BB

WD/2026/0505/FFullPermitted

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM SUI GENERIS TO CLASS E (FOR CONVERSION OF THE UNIT INTO A BANKING HUB) ALONG WITH ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING SHOPFRONT & ENTRANCE DOOR & OTHER ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS & REPAIR. INSTALLATION OF NEW CONDENSER UNIT TO REAR & ASSOCIATED WORKS.

Received
9 March 2026
Decided
12 June 2026 · Approval
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hailsham Central
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Wealden86% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 32 HIGH STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 1BB. Wealden has handled 5,881 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 95 days, 4 weeks longer than Wealden's median. The site is in the Hailsham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Hailsham Central. We hold 1,557 applications in total for the BN27 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
WD/2026/0505/F
Address
32 HIGH STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 1BB
Postcode
BN27 1BB
Local Authority
Wealden
Application Type
Full
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decision Issued
Ward
Hailsham Central
Parish
Hailsham

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Sonja Critchley 32 High Street Hailsham East Sussex BN27 1BB
Agent Address
Bristol Emily Ballance Tower Wharf Cheese Lane Bristol BS2 0JJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 March 2026
Consultation Expiry
25 April 2026
Target Decision Date
17 June 2026
Date Decided
12 June 2026
Date Validated
10 March 2026
Date Submitted
9 March 2026
Consultation Start
25 March 2026
Consultation End
25 April 2026
Committee Meeting
12 June 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
99 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
25 April 2026
Site Notice Start
25 March 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

UPRN
100062257836
Documents
19
Coordinates
50.864010, 0.258933
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wealden

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation AreaPart of the site
  • 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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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