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Adams Workshop, Market Street, Hailsham, BN27 2AE

WD/2026/0777/FFullRefused

Refused on 6 July 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF SITE TO PROVIDE 2 NO. DWELLINGS TO THE FRONT OF THE SITE AND A NEW BUILDING TO THE REAR CONSISTING OF 2 NO. FLATS.

Received
16 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hailsham Central
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at ADAMS WORKSHOP, MARKET STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 2AE. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Wealden's typical decision time. The site is in the Hailsham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Hailsham Central. We hold 1,587 applications in total for the BN27 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. By virtue of the form of development proposed, including the loss of the existing built form on the site and replacement with development to the frontage of Market Street of a form, scale, design which fails to reflect the building it replaces and results in a poorly articulated form of development and therefore would result in visual harm to the street scene. Therefore, the development would be contrary to saved Policy EN27 of the WLP (1998), Strategic Planning Objectives SPO13 and SPO14 and Policy WCS14 of the WCS (2013), Policies HAIL D1 and HAIL D2 of the Hailsham Neighbourhood Plan (2021) and paragraph 139 of the NPPF.
  2. By virtue of the unjustified loss of the existing non-designated heritage asset which makes a positive contribution to the conservation area, together with its replacement by a form of development which, by reason of its design, form, bulk and massing, the development would fail to preserve or enhance the Hailsham Conservation Area and result in less than substantial harm to the setting of designated heritage assets within the immediate vicinity, specifically Old Manor House (Grade II*), without sufficient public benefit to outweigh the harm. Therefore, the development would be contrary to Spatial Planning Objectives SP02 and SP013 of the Core Strategy (2013), coupled with the requirements of paragraphs 202, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 215-217, 219 and 220 of the NPPF.
  3. By virtue of the quantum of development, its relationship with the existing development and the resultant quantum and quality of amenity space for plots 1 and 2, future occupiers would be afforded a poor level of external amenity which would be contrary saved Policy EN27 of the WLP (1998), Strategic Planning Objectives SPO13 and SPO14 and Policy WCS14 of the WCS (2013), the guidance contained within the Wealden Design Guide (Section 7, paragraph 11.19) and paragraph 135 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BN27 2AE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hailsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2026
Consultation expiry
30 May 2026
Consultation start
29 April 2026
Consultation end
30 May 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026
Committee meeting
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
19 Willingdon Park Drive Eastbourne East Sussex BN22 0BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
30 May 2026
Site notice start
29 April 2026

Additional information

UPRN
100062258441
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hailsham Consevation Area
  • 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, 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.

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Source: Wealden

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