Unit 26, Bell Lane, Bellbrook Industrial Estate, Uckfield, TN22 1QL Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0145/F - Full Approved

Proposal

Internal and external alterations including new main entrance (improved disabled access), additional fire exits, additional windows, external building material changes, new and updated car parking layout (additional disabled parking) with hard landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
22 May 2026
Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 30

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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
Local nature reserve 499 m away: Hempstead Meadows; Inside the Uckfield 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument 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
TN22 1QL
Received
22 May 2026
Validated
22 May 2026
Ward
Uckfield New Town
Parish
Uckfield
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
M E Cassam Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 14 days slower than Wealden's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 89% of extensions here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
504decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
10 Jun 2026
Comments by
3 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
10 Jun 2026
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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