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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.
4,448 approved · 527 refused · 109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 The Green Lewes Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5QG
Received 20 Jun 2022Hindover Alfriston Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JN
Received 16 Jun 2022Mount Farmhouse Harveys Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5AE
Received 22 Jun 2022Land South Of The Phylton Green Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BT
Received 24 Jun 2022Longfields Ditchling Road Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RF
Received 23 Jun 202241 Normansal Park Avenue Seaford East Sussex BN25 3QX
Received 24 Jun 2022Endeavour Works Beach Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0BX
Received 23 Jun 20223 Adelaide Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2XB
Received 28 Jun 202266 Denton Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 0QD
Received 30 Jun 2022Thomsetts Farm Hundred Acre Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex BN6 8SH
Received 30 Jun 2022Pippins Bishops Lane Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5LD
Received 30 Jun 2022Seaford Community Fire Station Cradle Hill Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JA
Received 30 Jun 20222 Malthouse Hall Cooksbridge Road Cooksbridge East Sussex BN8 4SL
Received 30 Jun 2022Lone Oak Farm Spatham Lane Westmeston East Sussex BN6 8XL
Received 30 Jun 2022Land Opposite Junction Between Mill Lane And Gradwell End South Chailey East Sussex
Received 30 Jun 2022213 Arundel Road West Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7PG
Received 30 Jun 202244 Lincoln Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7JU
Received 30 Jun 2022Greenholm Chyngton Lane Seaford East Sussex BN25 4BS
Received 30 Jun 202221 Victor Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 2JQ
Received 1 Jul 20224 Firle Grange Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HD
Received 23 Jun 2022Willows North Common Road Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7RJ
Received 27 May 2022Land East Of Moor Lane Ringmer East Sussex
Received 25 May 20227 Hayes Close Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5HN
Received 1 Jul 2022Land East Of Neaves Lane Ringmer East Sussex
Received 28 Jun 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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