Urgent Crown Development application: Crowborough Training Camp
Documents supporting the Urgent Crown Development application for the 3-year temporary use as a non-detained asylum accommodation.
Applies to England
Ref number: PCU/RARE/C1435/3379159
Proposal: Full planning permission for the continued use of Crowborough Training Camp (sui generis) as non-detained asylum accommodation (sui generis) for up to 540 residents, together with associated site infrastructure listed below, for a temporary period until 22nd January 2030, to include - retention and continued temporary use of existing mounted floodlighting and mobile lighting towers; retention and continued temporary use of the existing CCTV cameras; retention and continued temporary use of the existing temporary generators; retention and continued temporary use of the existing modular ablution blocks; retention and continued temporary use of the temporary kitchen ancillary units; retention and continued temporary use of the existing security fencing around the Site, subject to the adjustment required to segregate building 19; and retention and continued temporary use of other associated operational infrastructure installed under the extant Class Q permission.
Address: Crowborough Training Camp, Uckfield Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 1UB.
Applicant: Home Office
Date validated: 30 October 2026
Status: Validated
For further information please contact: CrownCasework@communities.gov.uk
Documents: Documents, plans and drawings relating to application are found below.
These application documents will shortly be available to be physically inspected at Wealden District Council Offices, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham, BN27 2AX, and available on request at the MHCLG Birmingham Office: 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4BH.
Sensitive information:
The Secretary of State has determined that certain information contained within some of the documents listed below constitutes ‘sensitive information’ within the meaning of section 293B(11) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Accordingly, and in accordance with Article 12 of the Town and Country Planning (Crown Development) (Urgent Applications) (Procedure) (England) Order 2025, these documents have been published with redactions and are not disclosed in full.