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.
4,217 approved · 500 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Upper Belgrave Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3AY
Received 5 Nov 202045 Cliff Gardens Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BX
Received 6 Nov 20204 Pouchlands Drive South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4RN
Received 5 Nov 2020Site Office Tudor Rose Park South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8UR
Received 9 Nov 2020Chailey Place Chailey Green Road Chailey Green East Sussex BN8 4DA
Received 10 Nov 2020Chailey Place Chailey Green Road Chailey Green East Sussex BN8 4DA
Received 10 Nov 20203 York Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8QH
Received 10 Nov 2020Nightingales 1 Great Rough Newick East Sussex BN8 4HY
Received 10 Nov 202048 Arundel Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8RS
Received 10 Nov 20203 Telscombe Cliffs Way Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7DX
Received 10 Nov 20203 Chyngton Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 4BP
Received 10 Nov 202061 Sutton Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1SU
Received 13 Oct 202046 Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DX
Received 14 Oct 202028 - 30 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1LD
Received 15 Oct 2020East Ades Cinder Hill Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HP
Received 11 Nov 2020East Ades Cinder Hill Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HP
Received 11 Nov 20207 Sunset Close Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7EG
Received 12 Nov 20209 Wellington Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8QJ
Received 11 Nov 202044 Valley Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7UE
Received 11 Nov 20202 Lucinda Way Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JD
Received 12 Nov 202072 The Promenade Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8ND
Received 12 Nov 202034 Quarry Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 3BJ
Received 12 Nov 202011 Rodmell Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4EE
Received 12 Nov 2020Sharpsbridge Farm Sharpsbridge Lane Newick East Sussex TN22 3XG
Received 13 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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