Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,168 approved · 492 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Diplocks Yard Bishops Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5LD
Received 16 Jun 20202 South Way Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9LL
Received 17 Jun 2020Land Adjoining Oakfield House Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex
Received 17 Jun 2020Uplea Green Road Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7QA
Received 9 Jun 2020Weatherlys Eastern Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7QH
Received 17 Jun 2020Home Farm Slugwash Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RQ
Received 17 Jun 2020Flint Barn South Farm Close Rodmell East Sussex BN7 3HW
Received 16 Jun 2020Aurora Hazeldene Lane North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HH
Received 18 Jun 20201 Oakmede Way Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JL
Received 8 Jun 2020Springfield Gote Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5HP
Received 18 Jun 2020Land North Of Chapters Bishops Lane Ringmer East Sussex
Received 18 Jun 2020Fairfield Laughton Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5NH
Received 19 Jun 2020Moor House Moor Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5UP
Received 19 Jun 2020Land At Gradwell End South Chailey East Sussex
Received 22 Jun 2020Brickyard Farm Green Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5AD
Received 22 Jun 2020Former Hamsey Brickworks South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex
Received 22 Jun 2020Knights Court South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex
Received 22 Jun 2020198 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8JL
Received 22 Jun 20203 Kings Avenue Denton Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0NA
Received 23 Jun 2020The Briars 93 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2JA
Received 18 Jun 202011 East Albany Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1TS
Received 22 Jun 2020Homefield Place Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DG
Received 23 Jun 2020Diplocks Yard Bishops Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5LD
Received 23 Jun 2020Berrymead Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XL
Received 17 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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