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Greyfriars Farm, Smithlands Lane, Waldron, Heathfield, BN8 6ET

WD/2026/0508/BGPBiodiversity Gain PlanApproved

Approved on 23 September 2026

Council decision: Approval

Proposal

APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN CONDITION ATTACHED TO WD/2025/2846/F

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 194 days

About this application

This is a planning application at GREYFRIARS FARM, SMITHLANDS LANE, WALDRON, HEATHFIELD, BN8 6ET. Wealden has handled 13,582 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron. We hold 1,970 applications in total for the BN8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BN8 6ET
Application type
Biodiversity Gain Plan
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chiddingly

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (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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