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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lewes District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,162 approved · 489 refused · 103 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Oct 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
16 Gibbon Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9EW
Received 19 May 202035 Mill Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5HZ
Received 13 May 202028 Downsview Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4PT
Received 19 May 202021 Downs Walk Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7ST
Received 20 May 202018 The Grange Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5AT
Received 21 May 2020Knights Court South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex
Received 21 May 2020Former Hamsey Brickworks South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex
Received 21 May 20207 Church Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RD
Received 6 Mar 202018 Railway Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0AS
Received 21 May 202013 Fitzgerald Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 1AU
Received 22 May 202032 Telscombe Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AG
Received 22 May 202026 Barn Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EW
Received 26 May 2020Bineham Farmhouse East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4DD
Received 26 May 202043 Claremont Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2QD
Received 26 May 202011 Hoddern Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7JB
Received 27 May 2020128 The Promenade Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7JA
Received 28 May 20206 Ridgeway Haywards Heath East Sussex RH17 7GB
Received 27 May 202037 Glynn Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AT
Received 28 May 2020More House Farm Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex
Received 28 May 2020Magpie Ridge South Road Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7QS
Received 1 Jun 2020Spithurst House Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE
Received 1 Jun 202020 Capel Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8NB
Received 1 Jun 202012 Denton Rise Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0QN
Received 2 Jun 20203 Sherwood Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EH
Received 4 Jun 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lewes District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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