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Swife Lane, Heathfield, TN21 8UR

WD/2026/0525/OHOverhead LineApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: No objections

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

THIS SCHEME INCLUDES THE REMOVAL OF TWO SPANS OF OVERHEAD LINE, THE REMOVAL OF POLES 247916 AND 247915. POLE 269011 WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW TERMINAL POLE INCREASING IN HEIGHT BY 3.9%. THE EXISTING STAY WIRE WILL BE REMOVED AND 2 NEW STAY WIRES WILL BE INSTALLED AT A 10.4M SPREAD.

Received
11 March 2026
Ward
Horam & Punnetts Town
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at SWIFE LANE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UR. Wealden has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wealden's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Horam & Punnetts Town. We hold 957 applications in total for the TN21 postcode area.

88% of all 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
TN21 8UR
Application type
Overhead Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heathfield & Waldron

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Stefan Kohil 12 Metford Evegate Business Park Smeeth Ashford, Kent TN25 6SX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
  • 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, 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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