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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.
4,209 approved · 499 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Mount Pleasant Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EQ
Received 8 Oct 20202 Bramber Close Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8DH
Received 7 Oct 20203 And 4 Dymchurch Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JX
Received 8 Oct 2020Adjacent Fisher Terminal East Quay Newhaven East Sussex
Received 4 Oct 20206 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JU
Received 9 Oct 2020110 Rodmell Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8PJ
Received 9 Oct 2020Rock House Tilehouse Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4RD
Received 8 Oct 2020Martlets Cottage Norton Road Norton East Sussex BN25 2UN
Received 8 Oct 202085 Western Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4NX
Received 9 Oct 2020Somerset House Green Road Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7QA
Received 9 Oct 2020Streeters Farm Newick Hill Newick East Sussex BN8 4QS
Received 12 Oct 202057 Sutton Drove Seaford East Sussex BN25 3NQ
Received 12 Oct 202021 Seafield Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JR
Received 13 Oct 2020Chailey Place Chailey Green Road Chailey Green East Sussex BN8 4DA
Received 13 Oct 2020The Warren Plumpton Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3AB
Received 13 Oct 202016 Corsica Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1BD
Received 14 Oct 2020Newhaven Police Station South Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9QJ
Received 14 Oct 2020Land At Railway Quay Newhaven East Sussex
Received 13 Oct 202025 Glynn Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AT
Received 14 Oct 202014 School Field Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5DT
Received 14 Oct 202030A High Street Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9PD
Received 30 Sept 2020Camoys Court Farm Barcombe Mills Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5BH
Received 2 Oct 202053 Western Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9JW
Received 16 Oct 202025 Nutley Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8ED
Received 16 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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