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.
4,236 approved · 504 refused · 105 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Downscroft Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0UF
Received 22 Dec 2020Land At Gradwell End South Chailey East Sussex
Received 23 Dec 202078 Saltwood Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3SS
Received 24 Dec 20202 Southdown Corner Chyngton Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4HG
Received 24 Dec 202037 Capel Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8HB
Received 24 Dec 2020Bluebell Woods Green Lane Plumpton East Sussex BN7 3FB
Received 24 Dec 2020Land Rear Of 51 & 53 Station Road Denton Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0NN
Received 24 Dec 202019 Turnpike Close Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5PD
Received 24 Dec 2020Bluebell Railway Sheffield Park Railway Station East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex TN22 3QL
Received 30 Oct 202026 Sutton Park Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1QU
Received 29 Dec 202026 Sutton Park Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1QU
Received 29 Dec 2020Wapsbourne Manor Farm Wapsbourne Manor Farm Lane Sheffield Park North Chailey East Sussex TN22 3QT
Received 25 Nov 2020Rodmell House Rodmell Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4EE
Received 30 Dec 2020123 Clementine Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 2XG
Received 31 Dec 2020Mount Pleasant Highbridge Lane East Chiltington East Sussex BN7 3QY
Received 4 Jan 202161 Carlton Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2LS
Received 4 Jan 2021Manor Farmhouse Manor Farm Heighton Road South Heighton East Sussex BN9 0JH
Received 4 Jan 2021Tinkers Croft Beechwood Lane Cooksbridge East Sussex BN7 3QG
Received 5 Jan 2021Avondale Hotel 4 - 5 Avondale Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1RJ
Received 6 Jan 2021Land Adjacent To East Quay Newhaven East Sussex
Received 7 Jan 202126A Broomfield Avenue Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7AL
Received 7 Jan 2021Mulberrys Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3BU
Received 7 Dec 202050 Chichester Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2DL
Received 8 Jan 2021Recreation Ground The Hollow South Heighton East Sussex
Received 8 Jan 2021Records 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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