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Land Off Eastbourne Road, Polegate, BN26 5DD

WD/2026/1258/MAJMajor Application - FullAwaiting decision
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Proposal

HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FOODSTORE (USE CLASS E(a)) WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, PARKING, SERVICING AREA, AND LANDSCAPING, PLUS ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS; AND OUTLINE APPLICATION (ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR ACCESS) FOR THE ERECTION OF A CARE HOME (CLASS C2), WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS ROADS, PARKING, SERVICING AREA AND LANDSCAPING, PLUS ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS.

Received
23 June 2026
Decision due
30 September 2026
Ward
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at LAND OFF EASTBOURNE ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 5DD. Wealden has handled 5,916 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill. We hold 896 applications in total for the BN26 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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Application details

Postcode
BN26 5DD
Application type
Major Application - Full
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Polegate

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Met, 24 Percy Street London W1T 2BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
45

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

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 2026-11-03. 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Jul

    REQUEST FOR SCREENING OPINION FOR HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION…

    EIA Not RequiredApplicationWD/2026/6501/SO
  2. 2025
    6 Aug

    Adjoining Authority Consultation - Wealden District Council (WD/2025/0904/MAJ

    Adj authority consultation responseAdjoining Authority ConsultationSDNP/25/03268/ADJAUT
  3. 2025
    1 Apr

    HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION COMPRISING: FULL APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A FOODSTORE (USE CLASS E(a))…

    RefusedMajor Application - FullWD/2025/0904/MAJ
  4. 2019
    17 Sep

    PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR 2 NEW IMAGE ELEMENTS INCLUDING ‘BACK LIT WAVE’ AND ‘LCD KOALA’

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentWD/2019/2009/AI
  5. 2019
    29 May

    6.3M PYLON SIGN

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentWD/2019/1156/AI
  6. 2000
    12 Jan

    ID SIGN, SHOP FASCIA, BANNER, POSTER SIGN, FACILITIES SIGN, GRAPHICS SIGN AND ATM LAYOUT.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentWD/2000/0054/AI

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