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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.
4,206 approved · 497 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Coldharbour Lane North Chailey East Sussex
Received 21 Sept 20208 The Elms Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5EZ
Received 8 Sept 202021 Saxon Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9LG
Received 1 Sept 2020Red Barn Farm Harveys Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5AE
Received 24 Sept 2020Knights Court South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex
Received 24 Sept 2020Lower Hoddern Farm Hoddern Farm Lane Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AP
Received 24 Sept 20205 Barcombe Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 4DP
Received 25 Sept 202040 Meeching Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9RG
Received 25 Sept 202053 Hillcrest Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9EE
Received 24 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To Co-op Fort Road Newhaven East Sussex
Received 25 Sept 2020Brandlesholme Broyle Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5PG
Received 25 Sept 2020Lower Hoddern Farm Hoddern Farm Lane Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AP
Received 29 Sept 2020Fieldings 18 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HJ
Received 29 Sept 2020Fieldings 18 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HJ
Received 29 Sept 202031 Central Avenue Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7LY
Received 29 Sept 20207 Pelham Rise Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8BD
Received 29 Sept 2020Land To The Rear Of 6-12 Tarring Close South Heighton East Sussex
Received 30 Sept 2020Red Barn Farm Harveys Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5AE
Received 30 Sept 2020Unit 29 Mid Sussex Business Park Folders Lane East Ditchling East Sussex BN6 8SE
Received 30 Sept 202023 Old Nursery Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JZ
Received 30 Sept 2020Hewen Street Farm South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4QD
Received 21 Aug 2020Langham Cottage Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EG
Received 1 Oct 202073 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JZ
Received 1 Oct 202037 Chyngton Way Seaford East Sussex BN25 4JB
Received 1 Oct 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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