St John’S Crowborough Wastewater Treatment Works (Wtw), Whitehouse Lane, Withyham, TN6 1XB

WD/2026/6500/SOScreening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: EIA Not Required

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

SCREENING OPINION BY ESCC FOR PROPOSED WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH A NEW EFFLUENT DISCHARGE PERMIT TO REDUCE LEVELS OF PHOSPHORUS IN TREATED EFFLUENT THAT IS DISCHARGED TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Received: 24 June 2026
Council: Wealden District Council

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated24 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Jul
DecidedDecided24 Jun

Decided in 0 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at ST JOHN’S CROWBOROUGH WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS (WTW), WHITEHOUSE LANE, WITHYHAM,TN6 1XB. Wealden has handled 1,019 applications of this type. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 593 applications in total for the TN6 postcode area.

90% of outline 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: TN6 1XB
Application type: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 June 2026
Target decision date: 15 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: C/O East Sussex County Council County Hall St Annes Crescent Lewes BN7 1UE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: Little AbbotsOn or next to this site
National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
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 (20)

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, 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.

Source: Wealden

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