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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.
4,242 approved · 505 refused · 106 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Forest Lodge Mill Lane Fletching East Sussex BN8 4QS
Received 20 Jan 20219 May Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 4NZ
Received 20 Jan 20211 Hamsey Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 4DW
Received 20 Jan 2021Caburn Field Anchor Field Ringmer East Sussex
Received 20 Jan 202143 High Hurst Close Newick East Sussex BN8 4NJ
Received 3 Dec 2020Marbles Barn High Street Newick East Sussex BN8 4LG
Received 3 Dec 2020107 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8QU
Received 21 Jan 2021Newlands School Eastbourne Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4NP
Received 22 Jan 2021Delves House Delves Close Ringmer East Sussex
Received 22 Jan 2021Downsview Farm Laughton Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5UT
Received 22 Jan 20211 Cavell Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8LG
Received 22 Jan 2021Longridge North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4ED
Received 22 Jan 2021Longridge North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4ED
Received 22 Jan 20211 Barn Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EW
Received 6 Jan 202150 Cornwall Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8SG
Received 20 Dec 2020Land At Gradwell End South Chailey East Sussex
Received 22 Jan 20214 Grays Crescent Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9FE
Received 29 Dec 202089 Clementine Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 2XG
Received 25 Jan 202111 Whiteley Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 4AQ
Received 26 Jan 202152 Rodmell Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8PG
Received 26 Jan 20211 Lexden Drive Seaford East Sussex BN25 3BD
Received 27 Jan 2021Hunters End The Ridings Newick East Sussex BN8 4SH
Received 27 Jan 202156 New Heritage Way North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4GD
Received 27 Jan 20213 Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DG
Received 26 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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