Unit 4 Ghyll Road Industrial Estate, Ghyll Road, Heathfield TN21 8AW Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of use from skip waste recycling facility to use Class B2 (general Industrial) and B8 (storage or distribution). Internal reconfiguration to create 6 no. Industrial units, together with associated car and cycle parking. Retention of existing storage container use. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
23 Apr 2026
Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 134 m away: High Weald; Inside the Heathfield (Wealden) built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Wealden
Application type
Full
Postcode
TN21 8AW
Received
23 Apr 2026
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Heathfield South
Parish
Heathfield & Waldron
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Town & Country Planning Solutions

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 15 days slower than Wealden's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 81% of changes of use here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 May 2026
Comments by
2 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
11 May 2026
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Wealden ranks #132 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wealden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #231 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #227 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #132 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #156 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
170 decided (1-9 homes)
78%
Major dwellings approved
32 decided (10+ homes)
74%
Change of use approved
82 decided
1,361
Total decisions
220 refused in the year to March 2026