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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.
4,421 approved · 523 refused · 109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 The Crouch Crouch Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 1PX
Received 25 Jan 202222 Valley Close Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9XS
Received 25 Jan 202264 Rodmell Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8PG
Received 25 Jan 20227 Horsham Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8LL
Received 26 Jan 2022Homeshore House 92 Sutton Road Seaford East Sussex
Received 26 Jan 20221 Tye View Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7DN
Received 27 Jan 202268 Bannings Vale Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8DG
Received 27 Jan 202268 Bannings Vale Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8DG
Received 27 Jan 2022Widmore Chyngton Lane North Seaford East Sussex BN25 3UU
Received 27 Jan 202219 Albany Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2QB
Received 27 Jan 202230 Cissbury Crescent Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8RJ
Received 28 Jan 2022107 Bannings Vale Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8DH
Received 28 Jan 20229C Steyning Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8LT
Received 28 Jan 2022Treetops Lower Station Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4HT
Received 28 Jan 2022Nettles Green Road Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7QA
Received 28 Jan 2022Quinces Eastern Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7QH
Received 31 Jan 2022117 Arundel Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8HH
Received 31 Jan 2022Longridge Barn North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4ED
Received 31 Jan 202253 Telscombe Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7UA
Received 31 Jan 202253 Telscombe Road Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7UA
Received 31 Jan 20229 Searle Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8TB
Received 31 Jan 20223 North Lodge High Street Newick East Sussex BN8 4LY
Received 28 Jan 2022Wivelsden Farm North Common Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4EH
Received 2 Feb 202219 Charlwood Road Burgess Hill East Sussex RH15 0RJ
Received 2 Feb 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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