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Post Office, Five Ash Down, Uckfield, TN22 3AH

WD/2026/0698/FFullRefused

Refused on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Refusal1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PROPOSED CANOPIES AND SHUTTER DOOR

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Buxted
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at POST OFFICE, FIVE ASH DOWN, UCKFIELD, TN22 3AH. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Buxted. We hold 2,467 applications in total for the TN22 postcode area.

86% of full 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 proposal for the canopies and roller shutter door would result in unsympathetic and inappropriate additions that would visually dominate and harm the character and appearance of the characterful host building, potentially a non-designated heritage asset, in this rural village setting within the Low Weald landscape character area. As such the proposal is contrary to saved policies GD2, EN8(2)(5) and EN27 of the adopted Wealden Local Plan 1998; Spatial Planning Objectives SPO1, SPO2 and SPO13, and Policy WCS14, of the adopted Wealden Core Strategy Local Plan 2013; together with the guidance contained in Sections 5 and 15 of Chapter 13 the Wealden Design Guide 2008 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN22 3AH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Buxted

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Target decision date
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6a Tanners Lane Ilford IG6 1QJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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

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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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Mar

    PROPOSED SIGNAGE AND NOTICE BOARD.

    RefusedAdvertisement consentWD/2026/0544/A

Source: Wealden

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