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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.
4,726 approved · 552 refused · 123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jul 2018 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120 Edith Avenue North Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8EB
Received 17 Oct 2023Elm Court Blatchington Road Seaford East Sussex
Received 17 Oct 2023Bantams Spithurst Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5EE
Received 17 Oct 2023Bridge Farm Barcombe Mills Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5BX
Received 19 Oct 2023Little Grange Goldbridge Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4QP
Received 16 Oct 2023Court House Church Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5TS
Received 20 Oct 2023Park Farm Hundred Acre Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex RH17 7RU
Received 17 Oct 2023Court House Church Road Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5TS
Received 20 Oct 2023Little Lodge Lane End Common North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4JH
Received 23 Oct 202310 Springett Avenue Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5HB
Received 23 Oct 2023Kings Court East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4DH
Received 23 Oct 20232 Cissbury Crescent Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8EN
Received 23 Oct 20238 Duchess Drive Seaford East Sussex BN25 2XL
Received 24 Oct 2023Clearview Nursery Lane Wivelsfield Green East Sussex RH17 7RB
Received 24 Oct 2023Retained Land At Antler Homes Old Hamsey Brickworks Development & Avid Commercial Building Knights Court South Chailey BN8 4QF
Received 24 Oct 202355 Allington Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4NB
Received 26 Oct 20235 Marine Drive Bishopstone East Sussex BN25 2RT
Received 26 Oct 2023Braeside The Esplanade Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7HG
Received 27 Oct 2023Land To The East Of Blakeney Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex
Received 31 Oct 2023High Wood 51 Firle Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2HU
Received 31 Oct 2023367 South Coast Road Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex BN10 7HA
Received 31 Oct 2023Tanglewood Farm Jackies Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4QX
Received 31 Oct 2023Kilwarren Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3BU
Received 31 Oct 20231, 1A, 3, 3A, 5, 5A, 7 & 7A Hamsey Road Saltdean East Sussex
Received 31 Oct 2023Records 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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