Hellingly Sports Ground, Horsebridge Road, Hailsham, BN27 4DN Data via plota.co.uk

WD/2026/0994/F - Full Allocated to Officer
Schools, care & communityExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Extension for new changing room and alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 May 2026
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Validated
27 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 94.

The consultation period closed on 28 Aug 2026.

Documents 19

Statements & assessments 3

PDF BNG Metric Document · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Statement Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Document · 15 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 8

PDF General Plan Document · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF General Plan Document · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Site and Block Plan Document · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF General Plan Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF General Plan Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Floor Layout Document · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Floor Layout Document · 15 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Site and Block Plan Document · 15 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF Application Form Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form for CIL Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF Consultee Response Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗
PDF Consultee Response Document · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultee Response Document · 13 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Report Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning History Document · 15 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath about 26 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
BN27 4DN
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Hellingly
Parish
Hellingly
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Appleby Petfield Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 94, past the statutory target. 93% of extensions in Wealden are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 9438 days past the 56-day target
77%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
645decided 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
7 Aug 2026
Comments by
28 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
7 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

18 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn
PROVISION OF MUGA SPORTS PITCH, HEALTH PATHWAY, WIDENED VEHICLE ACCESS AND ADDITIONAL PAR…
WD/2025/2501/MAJ
2025 Withdrawn
PROVISION OF MUGA SPORTS PITCH, HEALTH PATHWAY, WIDENED VEHICLE ACCESS AND ADDITIONAL PAR…
WD/2025/2501/MAJ
2025 Approved
EXTENSION AND ALTERATION OF THE SPORTS PAVILION.
WD/2025/1233/F
2025 Approved
EXTENSION AND ALTERATION OF THE SPORTS PAVILION.
WD/2025/1233/F
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
THE WILLOW BROOK, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DN
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DILAPIDATED AGRICULTURAL STORAGE OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF AGRIC…
WD/2025/1680/F
2025
THE WILLOW BROOK, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DN
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DILAPIDATED AGRICULTURAL STORAGE OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF AGRIC…
WD/2025/1680/F
2025 Approved
ROUSDON, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DL
GARAGE CONVERSION TO AN ANNEXE
WD/2025/0742/LDP
2025 Approved
ROUSDON, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DL
GARAGE CONVERSION TO AN ANNEXE
WD/2025/0742/LDP
2025 Approved
KNIGHTS FARM EAST, HAILSHAM, BN27 4DN
INSTALL POLE, STAYS, UNDERGROUND CABLE AND SUBSTATION.
WD/2025/0040/OH
2025 Approved
KNIGHTS FARM EAST, HAILSHAM, BN27 4DN
INSTALL POLE, STAYS, UNDERGROUND CABLE AND SUBSTATION.
WD/2025/0040/OH
2020 Approved
THE LAWNS, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HAILSHAM , BN27 4DL
REMOVAL OF CONSERVATORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, FIRST FLOOR SID…
WD/2020/2237/F
2020 Approved
THE LAWNS, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HAILSHAM , BN27 4DL
REMOVAL OF CONSERVATORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, FIRST FLOOR SID…
WD/2020/2237/F
2018 Approved
5 PADDOCK VIEW, LONDON ROAD, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY BN27 4DL
PROPOSED 6.3M X 4M CONSERVATORY
WD/2018/1494/F
2018 Approved
5 PADDOCK VIEW, LONDON ROAD, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY BN27 4DL
PROPOSED 6.3M X 4M CONSERVATORY
WD/2018/1494/F
2016 Refused
HAZELDENE, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HAILSHAM, BN27 4DN
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DWELLING
WD/2016/2800/O
2016 Refused
HAZELDENE, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HAILSHAM, BN27 4DN
OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A DWELLING
WD/2016/2800/O
2016 Approved
HOLMBURY - PLOT 5, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DL
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING AND ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING WITH DETACHED GARAGE
WD/2016/1743/F
2016 Approved
HOLMBURY - PLOT 5, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DL
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING AND ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING WITH DETACHED GARAGE
WD/2016/1743/F
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings