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Car Park, Bell Walk, Uckfield, TN22 5DQ

WD/2026/0676/FRFull - RetrospectiveRefused
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Refused on 14 September 2026

Council decision: Refusal3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR PLACEMENT OF A FULLY OFF-GRID SOLAR PANEL POD ACROSS TWO CAR PARKING BAYS FOR THE PURCHASING OF USED VEHICLES.

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Uckfield New Town
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.9 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at CAR PARK, BELL WALK, UCKFIELD, TN22 5DQ. Wealden has handled 904 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Uckfield New Town. We hold 2,467 applications in total for the TN22 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 is in a location known to be at risk from flooding but has failed to provide a suitable Flood Risk Assessment, sequential test and exception test. It has therefore failed to demonstrate how it would not present a risk from flooding to potential occupiers, users, or visitors, and that it would not increase flood risk elsewhere, in conflict with Saved Policy CS2 fo the Wealden Local Plan 1998 and Policies F4, F5, F6 and F7 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed development - by reason of its unsympathetic design, scale and location away from existing built form - would fail to integrate with or enhance the character and appearance of the area. As a result, the proposal is considered to be poor design that is harmful to the visual amenities of the area, in conflict with Saved Policy EN27 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998; Spatial Planning Objective SPO13 of the Wealden Core Strategy 2013; Section 9 of the Wealden Design Guide 2008; and Policy DP3 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. An assessment of the development’s highways impacts has demonstrated that the proposal would bring about a potential increase for on-street parking demand with no formal evidence that this would be supportable in the wider area without having a severe adverse impact on the transport network (in terms of capacity and congestion, including cumulative impacts). The application thereby conflicts with Saved Policy TR16 of the Wealden Local Plan 1998 and Policies TR4 and TR6 of the National Planning Policy Framework. pdnRS.docx IMPORTANT: See Notes overleaf

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN22 5DQ
Application type
Full - Retrospective
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Uckfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2026
Consultation expiry
9 May 2026
Consultation start
17 April 2026
Consultation end
9 May 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 Manchester M24 1UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 April 2026

Additional information

UPRN
10096309187
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bridge CottageOn or next to this site

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, 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

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© 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.

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