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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.
4,194 approved · 497 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 Brighton Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9NS
Received 26 Aug 20201 The Chestnuts Lewes Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5QA
Received 26 Aug 202049 Tudor Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2LX
Received 27 Aug 2020Units 3 And 4 Villandry West Quay Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9GB
Received 27 Aug 20208 North Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JS
Received 28 Aug 2020Beadlands North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4ED
Received 28 Aug 2020The Barn Mellifount Farm Oxbottom Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4FD
Received 28 Aug 202075 Sutton Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 4LS
Received 11 Aug 2020Land South Of Layden Hall East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex
Received 28 Aug 2020Ashurst Cottage Ashurst Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3AP
Received 1 Sept 2020The Coach House Ashurst Ashurst Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3AP
Received 1 Sept 20204 Charles Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2TR
Received 27 Jul 2020422 South Coast Road Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BE
Received 1 Sept 2020424 South Coast Road Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BE
Received 1 Sept 20201 Harmers Hill Newick East Sussex BN8 4LJ
Received 25 Aug 202017 Springfield Avenue Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7AR
Received 19 Aug 202053 Oaklands Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8PB
Received 2 Sept 2020Clearview Nursery Lane Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7RB
Received 2 Sept 20201 Maplehurst Mill Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4AY
Received 2 Sept 2020East Ades Cinder Hill Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HP
Received 2 Sept 2020East Ades Cinder Hill Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HP
Received 2 Sept 202045 Christie Avenue Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JT
Received 2 Sept 202021 Medway Gardens Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0XE
Received 2 Sept 2020Lone Oak Farm Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XL
Received 21 Aug 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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