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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.
4,677 approved · 548 refused · 120 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wapsbourne Manor Wapsbourne Manor Farm Wapsbourne Manor Farm Lane Sheffield Park North Chailey East Sussex TN22 3QT
Received 11 Nov 2022Hamilton House Belgrave Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2EL
Received 7 Nov 2022Wapsbourne Manor Wapsbourne Manor Farm Wapsbourne Manor Farm Lane Sheffield Park North Chailey East Sussex TN22 3QT
Received 11 Nov 20223 Landsdown Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3JS
Received 11 Nov 202221 College Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 1JD
Received 11 Nov 202288 Wicklands Avenue Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8EP
Received 14 Nov 202248 Hartfield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 4PW
Received 14 Nov 202263 Brighton Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9NG
Received 31 Oct 202225A Cornwall Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8PT
Received 14 Nov 202225A Cornwall Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8PT
Received 14 Nov 2022418 South Coast Road Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7BE
Received 15 Nov 202214 Anzac Close Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7SY
Received 8 Nov 202234 North Way Seaford East Sussex BN25 3HP
Received 9 Nov 20221 Queens Drive Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5FU
Received 16 Nov 202239 Oldaker Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4LN
Received 16 Nov 202228 Downsview Drive Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RW
Received 17 Nov 202214 Badgers Copse Seaford East Sussex BN25 4DF
Received 17 Nov 2022Alder Lake Farm Oxbottom Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4FD
Received 17 Nov 202254 Hamsey Road Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8EH
Received 21 Nov 2022Kilwarren Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3BU
Received 21 Nov 202214 The Green Newick East Sussex BN8 4LB
Received 21 Nov 2022Endeavour Works Beach Road Newhaven East Sussex
Received 13 Oct 202233 Barn Close Seaford East Sussex BN25 3EW
Received 16 Nov 202219 Meeching Road Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9RL
Received 21 Nov 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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