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.
4,171 approved · 492 refused · 103 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Blatchington Hill Seaford East Sussex BN25 2AH
Received 24 Jun 2020Chailey Moat Church Lane Chailey Green East Sussex BN8 4DA
Received 16 Jun 202046 Fairlight Avenue Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BS
Received 24 Jun 2020War Memorial Green South Way Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9RD
Received 23 Jun 202089 Hythe Crescent Seaford East Sussex BN25 3TZ
Received 24 Jun 2020Martlet House 10 Bannings Vale Saltdean East Sussex
Received 24 Jun 2020127 North Way Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JW
Received 25 Jun 2020Homefield Place Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DG
Received 25 Jun 2020Park Farm Hundred Acre Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RU
Received 25 Jun 2020Sweetwater 26 Blakeney Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8UY
Received 18 Jun 2020Chippinge North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4ED
Received 26 Jun 20203 Clarks Croft Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5FP
Received 26 Jun 202020 Ifield Close Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8DL
Received 18 Jun 202066 Meeching Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9RH
Received 29 Jun 2020Cranford Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3PY
Received 29 Jun 202021 Downs Walk Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7ST
Received 30 Jun 202010 Vicarage Close Denton Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0RF
Received 30 Jun 2020227A Arundel Road West Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7PP
Received 29 Jun 20205 Coppards Bridge Cinder Hill Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HS
Received 30 Jun 2020Downsview Farm Laughton Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5UT
Received 1 Jul 202011 Hoddern Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7JB
Received 26 Jun 202015 West Quay Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9DQ
Received 1 Jul 2020Unit 2 Drove Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0AG
Received 2 Jul 2020Gallops Farm Streat Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8SB
Received 3 Jul 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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