Bird in Eye South

Location: Land at Bird in Eye Farm, south of Bird in Eye Hill, Framfield, TN22 5HA
Developer: Croudace Homes and Mr & Mrs Berry
WDC planning application number: WD/2021/2198/MAO
Acreage: 42.8 hectares (108 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 290
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: A non-determination decision was taken on 28 September 2022, as the WDC failed to determine the application within the statutory timeframe; an appeal to extend the period was submitted the same day

Bird In Eye North

Location: Land north of Framfield Road, sloping down to River Uck and Framfield Stream
Developer: Martin Grant Homes
WDC planning application number: XX
Acreage: XX
Number of proposed homes: 200
Application type: Outline Planning Application (in preparation)
Application status:  Martin Grant Homes claims to be in “the consultation phase”
Note: Wealden District Council refused a planning application for 300 homes and business space at Bird in Eye North in 2018

Budletts Lane

Location: North of Budletts Lane, southwest of Five Ash Down village
Developer: Stonebond Properties (Sevenoaks)/Akehurst Homes
WDC planning application number: WD/2022/1710/MAJ
Acreage: 4.4 hectares (11 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 65 (phased development)
Application type: Full Planning Application
Application status: Application submitted to Wealden District Council on 1 August 2022; decision pending

Coopers Row

Location: Coopers Row, Five Ash Down
Developer: Linkwise Properties
WDC planning application number: WD/2021/1895/MAO
Acreage: 4 hectares (10 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 39
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Outline Planning permission given

Cysleys Farm

Location: North of Eastbourne Road, from Fernley Park to Rajdutt Restaurant and backing onto Framfield Stream and the Fisheries
Developer: Gladman Developments
WDC planning application number: WD/2022/2785/MAO
Acreage: 13.7 hectares (35 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 210
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Application submitted to Wealden District Council on 26 October 2022; decision pending

Downlands Farm

Location: North side of A22, north Uckfield
Developer: Gleeson Land and John Alison Land & Research
WDC planning application number: WD/2022/1637/MEA
Acreage: 72.7 hectares (182 acres); 46 hectares net
Number of proposed homes: 424
Application type: Major Application with Environmental Assessment (Hybrid Planning Application)
Application status: WDC refused this Hybrid Planning Application on 21 April 2023

Durrants Field

Location: Land west of Five Ash Down Road, Coopers Green (Buxted Parish)
Developer: Silverleaf Group
WDC planning application number: WD/2020/1088/MAO
Acreage: 1.5 hectares (3.8 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 35
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Outline Planning permission refused 1 April 2021 but, on appeal, approved 21 July 2022

Gladman/Eastbourne Rd

Location: South of Eastbourne Road, adjacent to Ridgewood Industrial Park and Millennium Green
Developer: Gladman Developments
WDC planning application number: WD/2020/0410/MAO
Acreage: 4.2 hectares (10.5 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 90
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: WDC approved application in early 2021; Gladman is carrying out an archeological study as part of preparations necessary for the submission of a Full Planning Application

Horstedpond Farm

Location: South Uckfield at Little Horsted roundabout junction of A22 and Lewes Road
Developer: Castlefort Homes
WDC planning application number: WD/2022/2216/MAO
Acreage: 27.2 hectares (69 acres); 15.3 hectares net
Number of proposed homes: 400
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Application submitted to WDC on 8 September 2022; decision pending; WDC planning committee decision expected early summer 2023

Mallard Drive

Location: Harlands Farm, north of Mallard Drive and south of Uckfield Community Hospital in eastern Uckfield
Developer: Persimmon Homes
WDC planning application number: WD2013/0415/MRM
Acreage: 5.5 hectares (14 acres); 4.15 hectares net
Number of approved homes: 119
Application type: Reserved Matters Application
Application status: Approved in 2019; construction work commenced in 2022

Mill House Farm

Location: Mill House Farm, Maresfield
Developer: Mr SJ Flittner
WDC planning application number: WD/2021/1068/MAO
Acreage: 2.1 hectares (5.3 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 49 (in a phased development)
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Following an appeal, the application was refused 23 August 2021; amongst the six main reasons given for the refusal were the adverse impact of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and questions as to whether the proposal could deliver safe and suitable access, affordable housing and a residential development compliant with local planning policies

Mockbeggars Farm

Location: Mockbeggars Farm, London Road, Uckfield TN22 2EA (Buxted Parish)
Developer: Obsidian Strategic Asset Management
WDC planning application number: WD/2022/0648/MAO
Acreage: 3.7 hectares (9.4 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 60
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Decision pending; the fifth planning application in the Five Ash Down/Coopers Green area since 2019; (three declined and two going to appeal); the Mockbeggars development would double the size of Coopers Green

Owlsbury Farm

Location: Land stretching from Little Horsted to Buckham Hill south of the A22
Developer: Fairfax Properties
WDC planning application number: XX
Acreage: 91.5 hectares (232 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 2,000
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Proposal submitted to WDC under the terms of the Strategic Housing & Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA); application and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under preparation

Ridgewood Place

Location: Adjacent to the A22 northerly, from the Little Horsted roundabout and Lewes Road to Uckfield Sewage Treatment Works
Developer: Taylor Wimpey (for Stage 1 of five-stage project)/Welbeck Strategic Land (Stages 2-5)
WDC planning application number: WD/2015/0209/MEA
Acreage: 73 hectares (185 acres)
Number of homes approved for construction: 1,000
Application/build status: Project approved; 250-home Stage 1 of five-stage project underway since March 2016, with 170 built; construction of final 80 of 250 Stage 1 homes getting underway as of late 2022/early 2023; build work in final 750 homes (Stages 2-5 of the project) yet to commence

Walled Gardens

Location: Land to the rear of The Walled Gardens, Five Ash Down
Developer: Rookwood Trinity Ltd
WDC planning application number: WD/2021/1419/MAO
Acreage: 1.4 hectares (3.6 acres)
Number of proposed homes: 33
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application status: Following an appeal, the application was refused on 23 January 2023, after the number of proposed homes had been dropped to 33, from 39; the adverse impact of the proposal upon the setting of the Grade II listed building known as Coopers Cross House was given as the main reason for the refusal

Business park

Ashdown Business Park

Location: Land fronting the A272 and adjacent to the A22 by Batts Bridge roundabout
Developers: Various
WDC planning application number: WD/2022/3319/MAO
Acreage: 30.4 hectares (77 acres)
Business units: 52 acres to be covered by 60,000 m² of commercial buildings generating up to 3,000 jobs
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Application/build status: The project is a proposed expansion to the 30 acres of existing business park

Other nearby housing developments

Hesmonds Stud

Basic details: Waldron Road, East Hoathly; 205 homes; approved 2022