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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.
4,414 approved · 522 refused · 109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
10 Mill Path Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JH
Received 14 Jan 20229 Mill Path Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JH
Received 14 Jan 2022Yew Tree Orchard Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EF
Received 18 Jan 20224 Salisbury Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2DE
Received 18 Jan 202275 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JZ
Received 3 Dec 2021The Coach House Hoods Croft North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4ED
Received 18 Jan 2022Barcombe House Barcombe Mills Hayes Lane Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5BT
Received 18 Jan 202229 Mill Mead Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5JG
Received 19 Jan 2022Land Adjacent 154A Chyngton Lane Seaford East Sussex
Received 13 Jan 2022Woodpeckers Ditchling Road Ditchling Common Ditchling East Sussex RH15 0SJ
Received 20 Jan 202218 Allington Crescent Newick East Sussex BN8 4NT
Received 20 Jan 2022106 Bannings Vale Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8DG
Received 20 Jan 20225 Buckle Rise Seaford East Sussex BN25 2QN
Received 21 Jan 20226 Cornfield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1SW
Received 21 Jan 2022Mermaid Cottage 6 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JU
Received 17 Jan 20229 Hillcrest Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9EA
Received 20 Jan 2022Providence Cottage Lower Station Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4HT
Received 19 Jan 2022121 Hoddern Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7QT
Received 13 Jan 202252 Warren Way Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7DJ
Received 21 Jan 202221 Downs Walk Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7ST
Received 24 Jan 2022137 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8PA
Received 24 Jan 202212 Vale Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EY
Received 25 Jan 2022111 Sutton Avenue North Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7QJ
Received 25 Jan 202218 Metcalfe Avenue Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9XP
Received 25 Jan 2022Records 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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