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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.
4,180 approved · 496 refused · 104 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Sherwood Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EH
Received 15 Jul 2020Glendene Cottage Station Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HG
Received 16 Jul 202062 Valley Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9XB
Received 8 Jul 20202 Bramber Close Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8DH
Received 17 Jul 20205 Greenhill Way Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7UL
Received 17 Jul 2020Yokehurst Farm Mill Lane East Chiltington East Sussex BN8 4PY
Received 17 Jul 2020Sharpsbridge Farm Sharpsbridge Lane Newick East Sussex TN22 3XG
Received 17 Jul 2020Gallops Farm Streat Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8SB
Received 17 Jul 202036 Steyne Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1AL
Received 16 Jul 202014 Hamsey Road Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8DE
Received 17 Jul 20209 Denton Rise Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0QN
Received 17 Jul 2020Old Greenfields 32 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JX
Received 20 Jul 20201 Dymchurch Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JX
Received 16 Jul 2020Longford House Cornwell's Bank North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4RH
Received 10 Jul 20204 Swan Court South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BN
Received 20 Jul 20207 South View Terrace Heighton Road South Heighton East Sussex BN9 0JL
Received 21 Jul 2020Malvern House Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3QG
Received 20 Jul 2020Workshop Cads Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RT
Received 13 Jul 202019 Turnpike Close Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5PD
Received 23 Jul 2020Cads Valebridge Road Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 0RT
Received 22 Jul 2020Bybuckle Court Care Home Marine Parade Seaford East Sussex BN25 2PZ
Received 23 Jul 2020Asby Cottage Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3DE
Received 24 Jul 202016 Allington Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4NA
Received 24 Jul 20208C Cripps Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AL
Received 24 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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