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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.
4,805 approved · 565 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Barn Farmhouse Old Uckfield Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5RW
Received 20 Feb 2025St Georges Farm St Georges Park Ditchling Road Ditchling Common Ditchling East Sussex RH15 0US
Received 20 Feb 202544 Church Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4JZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Manor House Deadmantree Hill Barcombe East Sussex BN8 4SS
Received 17 Feb 202534B Allington Road Newick East Sussex BN8 4NB
Received 21 Feb 202513 Holly Lane Newick East Sussex BN8 4FX
Received 17 Feb 2025Nolands Farm Station Road Plumpton Green East Sussex BN7 3BT
Received 21 Feb 202536 Cissbury Crescent Saltdean East Sussex BN2 8RJ
Received 24 Feb 202564 Hoddern Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7QY
Received 24 Feb 202566 Homefield Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 3DY
Received 17 Feb 2025Greensleeves High Street Barcombe East Sussex BN8 5DH
Received 24 Feb 202536 Cairo Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 7PX
Received 24 Feb 202548 Salisbury Road Seaford East Sussex BN25 2DB
Received 25 Feb 20254 Church Street Seaford East Sussex BN25 1HD
Received 25 Feb 202537 Keymer Avenue Peacehaven East Sussex BN10 8HA
Received 24 Feb 2025The Co-operative 10 Newhaven Square Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9PN
Received 18 Feb 20252 Holmes Close Bishopstone East Sussex BN25 2TN
Received 26 Feb 2025Land At Cronks Gate Farm Former Vixengrove Farm Cinder Hill Chailey East Sussex BN8 4HR
Received 26 Feb 2025138 South Coast Road Peacehaven East Sussex
Received 26 Feb 2025Clayhill House Uckfield Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5RU
Received 27 Feb 2025Clayhill House Uckfield Road Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5RU
Received 27 Feb 2025Land To The South Of The Broyle Ringmer East Sussex
Received 28 Feb 2025Camelia Cottage Station Road North Chailey East Sussex BN8 4PJ
Received 28 Feb 2025Land South Of Camelia Cottage Station Road North Chailey East Sussex
Received 3 Mar 2025Records 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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