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.
4,215 approved · 500 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Hamilton House Belgrave Road Seaford East Sussex
Received 20 Oct 2020North Barnes Farm North Barnes Lane Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3DU
Received 29 Oct 202016 High Hurst Close Newick East Sussex BN8 4NJ
Received 20 Oct 2020Church House Church Lane Chailey Green East Sussex BN8 4DA
Received 20 Oct 2020Lionville Bishops Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5LD
Received 29 Oct 2020Morrisons Supermarket Dane Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1DL
Received 30 Oct 2020Chailey Moat Church Lane Chailey Green East Sussex BN8 4DA
Received 13 Oct 20206 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JU
Received 30 Oct 202010 Chene Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8XG
Received 30 Oct 20205 Chyngton Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4HA
Received 30 Oct 2020132 North Way Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JW
Received 2 Nov 2020The Surgery Station Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HD
Received 2 Nov 2020Chailey School Mill Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4PU
Received 2 Nov 2020Lower Hoddern Farm Hoddern Farm Lane Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8AP
Received 2 Nov 20203 Laurel Close Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0UG
Received 3 Nov 2020Rogers Farmhouse Rogers Farm Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH16 4QU
Received 3 Nov 2020Rogers Farmhouse Rogers Farm Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH16 4QU
Received 3 Nov 20208 The Elms Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5EZ
Received 3 Nov 2020123 Court Farm Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9DY
Received 3 Nov 2020Bineham Farmhouse East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4DD
Received 3 Nov 202017 Delves Way Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JU
Received 4 Nov 20209 Searle Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8TB
Received 4 Nov 2020Land At Gradwell End South Chailey East Sussex
Received 4 Nov 202016 Piddinghoe Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8PF
Received 5 Nov 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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