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Lewes District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lewes District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,571Searchable applications
144Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 4,935 approved or refused records
522Refused applications
4,413 approved · 522 refused · 109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- DecidedLW/21/0686/CD
approval of conditions 2 (Details of finished floor levels), 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Surface Water Drainage), 5 (Renewable Energy), 6 (eV Charging), 8 (Cycle Parking Spaces) and 9 (Refuse and Recycling) of application LW/20/0897
Land Rear Of 51 & 53 Station Road Denton Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0NN
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0687/CD
Discharge of condition 3 (Layout of new/reconstructed access) in relation to approval LW/20/0795
Westbourne Lewes Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5ES
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0688
single-storey rear extension and partial garage conversion
35 Haven Way Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9TD
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0689
loft conversion with 1no front dormer
191 Roderick Avenue North Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8BZ
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0690
single storey rear extension
341 South Coast Road Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7HR
Received 19 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0691
side and rear extensions to ground floor and first floor, with internal alterations
Keepers Cottage Abbots Leigh Slugwash Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7SS
Received 2 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0693
Conversion of barn to create home office and studio
Bunkershill Farm Streat Lane Streat East Sussex BN6 8SB
Received 17 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0694
Erection of 68 dwellings, with associated access, drainage, parking, landscaping and infrastructure works
Land Opposite Bishops Close Ringmer East Sussex
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0695
Non-material amendment in relation to approval LW/20/0894 and previous non-material amendment LW/21/0245 - Reduce rear extension, add a rooflight over the bathroom & lower kitchen window cill on front elevation
2 Southdown Corner Chyngton Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4HG
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0696
single-storey front extension with mono-pitch roof
35 Downsview Drive Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RN
Received 25 Aug 2021 - DecidedTW/21/0059/TPO
1. Cut back laterals approx 30%2. Remove lower branches to allow lorries to unload3. Reduce Height approx 30%4. Infection pimples on tree leaves
Greenholm Chyngton Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 4BS
Received 11 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0697
Erection of 20 new dwellings including 8 affordable houses & flats, with associated access and parking, including a new garage for the former Rectory
Land Adjacent All Saints Church Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3BU
Received 27 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0698/CD
Discharge of conditions 2 (Travel Plan), 3(Parking Spaces), 4 (Cycle Parking) and 5 (Management Plan) in relation to approval LW/20/0849
6 Beacon Drive Seaford East Sussex BN25 2JY
Received 27 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0699
rear ground floor extension and removal of existing first floor dormers and replace with hip end
Bunkershill Farm Streat Lane Streat East Sussex BN6 8SB
Received 17 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0700
erection of 36 dwellings (including 40 % affordable), access, landscaping and associated infrastructure (re-submission)
Land At The Telephone Exchange Goldbridge Road Newick East Sussex
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0701
conversion of existing outbuildings to home office/studio and guest accommodation
Barcombe Old Rectory Church Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5TW
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0702
demolition of stables and barn, erection of dwelling to replace existing
The Stableyard Lower Lodge Farm Laughton Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5NQ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0703
erection of front outbuilding for use as a home office
53D Sutton Drove Seaford East Sussex BN25 3NQ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0704
demolition of existing store and outbuilding, erection of single-storey rear extension with internal alterations and associated hard/soft landscaping works
33 Grove Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1TR
Received 1 Sept 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0705
lower ground floor, ground floor and first floor extension including internal alterations at first floor
3 Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DG
Received 1 Sept 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0706
Erection of 1no. two bedroom bungalow
6 Grassmere Avenue Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BZ
Received 1 Sept 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0707
conversion of milking parlour to two dwellings
Woodbrooks Farm South Road South Common South Chailey East Sussex BN8 4QH
Received 19 Aug 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0708/CD
Discharge of conditions 8 (Proposed Surface Water Drainage), 9 (Access and turning), 11 (CEMP) and 16 (Asbestos Survey Report), 21 (Drainage Drawings and Calculations), 22 (Public Sewer Capacity) and 25 (Survey and Photographs of Verges) in relation to approval LW/20/0204
The Sussex Coaster 80 - 82 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8SJ
Received 2 Sept 2021 - DecidedLW/21/0709
Retrospective application for annex to rear
70 Vale Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EZ
Received 3 Sept 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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