Uckfield Rugby Football Club, Nevill Road, Uckfield, TN22 1LX Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/1570/MAJ - Major Application - Full Allocated to Officer

Proposal

Installation of 4no. Replacement and 8no. New floodlighting columns with 16no. Luminaires to existing playing fields Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Oct 2026 and 21 Oct 2026, from Wealden's recent commercial and major works. Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 6

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden 93 m away: Buxted Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
SSSI 283 m away: Buxted Park SSSI; Inside the Uckfield built-up area; Priority habitat 24 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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
Major Application - Full
Postcode
TN22 1LX
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
Uckfield East
Parish
Uckfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Studio 309 Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Wealden usually decides commercial and major works by day 52.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
61decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Wealden in the last twelve months, from validation. Wealden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
9 Sept 2026
Comments by
9 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
9 Sept 2026
Wealden
Planning Authority Score
4.2/10
Below average
#188 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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