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Brightling Road Leisure Ground, Brightling Road, Polegate, BN26 5AZ

WD/2026/0719/BGPBiodiversity Gain PlanWithdrawn

Proposal

APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN CONDITION ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2808/MAJ

Received
18 August 2026
Decided
21 September 2026 · Withdrawn
Ward
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided21 Sep

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Wealden88% of applications approved

This is a planning application at BRIGHTLING ROAD LEISURE GROUND, BRIGHTLING ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 5AZ. Wealden has handled 2 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 20 days. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks longer than Wealden's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill. We hold 881 applications in total for the BN26 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
WD/2026/0719/BGP
Address
BRIGHTLING ROAD LEISURE GROUND, BRIGHTLING ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 5AZ
Postcode
BN26 5AZ
Local Authority
Wealden
Application Type
Biodiversity Gain Plan
Decision Status
Withdrawn
Current Status
Application Withdrawn
Ward
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
Parish
Polegate

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
49 High Street Polegate East Sussex BN26 6AL
Agent Address
The Round Barn Gibraltar Farm Wick Street Firle East Sussex BN8 6NB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
7 April 2026
Target Decision Date
13 October 2026
Date Decided
21 September 2026
Date Validated
18 August 2026
Date Submitted
18 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Withdrawn
Case Officer
Mr R Bewick

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
50.819942, 0.251808
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Wealden

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the 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 (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 2026-10-09. 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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