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Wealden District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wealden District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates8,916Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 5,958 approved or refused records
844Refused applications
5,114 approved · 844 refused · 495 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Skip to planning searchLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice Pre-Application AdviceConservation areas Conservation AreasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas33 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Appeal LodgedWD/2025/0806/LB
PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY PORCH FROM 2015 AND WC FROM 1985. CREATION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH THE INSERTION OF TWO CONSERVATION GRADE ROOFLIGHTS IN EXISTING CATSLIDE ROOF.
CHASEWOOD COTTAGE, FRANT ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9HG
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1932/F
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REPLACE AN EXISTING OUTBUILDING
MONKS WALK, PUDDING CAKE LANE, UCKFIELD, TN22 1BU
Received 24 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2445/F
DOUBLE-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
NORTH LODGE, SHEPHERDS GROVE LANE, HAMMERWOOD, RH19 3PY
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1743/P26
APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF GROUND FLOOR FROM CLASS E (OFFICES) TO CLASS C3 (RESIDENTIAL) TO REINSTATE THE WHOLE BUILDING TO ONE RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
MILTON HOUSE, WHITEHILL ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1LB
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0148/TCA
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED COUSLEY WOOD CONSERVATION AREA MARCH 1995/MARCH 2017
LUCKS FARM, COUSLEY WOOD ROAD, WADHURST TN5 6EY
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0907/F
PROPOSED NEW 3 BAY GARAGE WITH GLAZED LINK EXTENSION AND ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL - AMENDMENT TO APPROVAL WD/2015/0426/F
ROBIN POST, GINGERS GREEN, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4PT
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0481/PIP
DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING ON SITE AND THE ERECTION OF A MINIMUM OF 6 AND A MAXIMUM OF 6 DWELLINGHOUSES
CRESS FARM, 20 LEWES ROAD, RIDGEWOOD, UCKFIELD, TN22 5SN
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/3078/FR
PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT OUTBUILDING TO MATCH IN SCALE, LAYOUT AND APPEARANCE, FOR USE AS AN ANNEXE
HARBENS FARM, MILL LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AJ
Received 15 Dec 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1758/F
ADAPTIONS AND ALTERATIONS OF THE EXISTING GARAGE AND GROUND FLOOR TO IMPROVE ACCESS, SAFETY AND COMFORT FOR A DISABLED PERSON. THIS INCLUDES A SIDE REAR EXTENSION (OF THE GARAGE), A REAR LEVEL PATIO AREA
LITTLE WILLOWS, BLACKNESS ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2NB
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0778/A
UPGRADE EXISTING DOUBLE SIDED 6 SHEET ADVERTISING PANELS TO DOUBLE SIDED 6SHEET DIGITAL PANELS
BUS SHELTER ADJACENT TO ST ANNES ROAD, EASTOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NJ
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0262/LDE
ERECTION OF STRUCTURE (KNOWN AS THE MEETING HOUSE).
WILDERNESS WOOD, MAIN ROAD, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4HJ
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1001/FR
TIMBER FRAMED GARDEN ROOM
2 BLUEBELL MEADOW, MAYNARDS GREEN ROAD, MAYNARDS GREEN, HORAM, TN21 0BU
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2898/F
REPLACEMENT OF PORCH TO REAR ELEVATION.
37 HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DY
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1923/F
REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING PORCH AND LINK, AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE-STOREY GLAZED LINK EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS. DEMOLITION OF REAR PART OF STUDIO AND FLAT ROOF, AND EXTENSION IN LINE WITH EXISTING GARAGE. CONVERSION OF THE EXISTING GARAGE TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING A NEW ROOF AND CONSERVATION ROOFLIGHTS TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL ROOMS WITHIN THE ROOF SPACE, WITH NEW ROOF EXTENDING OVER THE EXTENDED STUDIO. REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING PATIO AND PROVISION OF A NEW PATH TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR OF THE GARAGE AND STUDIO, FINISHED IN NATURAL SANDSTONE PAVING.
UPPER VERDS, COUSLEY WOOD ROAD, WADHURST, TN5 6EY
Received 23 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0999/F
DECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF PROPOSED NEW SELF BUILD DWELLING
BROADHURST FARM, SWIFE LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UX
Received 14 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2247/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2024/0209/F
OLD MILL, NEWICK LANE, MAYFIELD, TN20 6RF
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0614/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 7i ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0741/LB.
GABLE END/YEW TREE COTTAGE, WEST STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6DR
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2485/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 9 & 20 AND REMOVAL OF CONDITION 11 OF WD/2021/1308/F (ERECTION OF 9 NO. DWELLINGS, ACCESS, LANDSCAPING AND OTHER ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE) TO ENABLE AMENDMENT OF WATER EFFICIENCY TARGET AND MODIFICATION OF HOUSE TYPE DESIGNS, TOGETHER WITH CHANGES TO PARKING, LANDSCAPING AND DRAINAGE.
LAND AT CAMBERLOT STABLES, CAMBERLOT ROAD, UPPER DICKER, BN27 3RG
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0311/F
ALTERATIVE SCHEME TO AMEND DESIGN OF APPROVED GARAGES (WD/2018/0590/F) TO INCORPORATE ROOFSPACE STORAGE AND SPACE FOR FUTURE HOME OFFICE WITH DORMER WINDOWS.
THE CHAPEL, STREET END LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8RY
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1409/MAJ
CREATION OF 5 NO. PONDS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS AS PART OF CHANGE OF USE OF LAND TO FORM A HABITAT BANK.
BROWNINGS FARM, LEWES ROAD, BLACKBOYS, TN22 5HG
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1528/F
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING.
13 EIGHT BELLS CLOSE, BUXTED, EAST SUSSEX, TN22 4JT
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0242/LB
1 THE INSTALLATION OF A WOODBURNING STOVE IN THE OLD KITCHEN, NEW WORK FROM HOME OFFICE. 2 THE REPLACEMENT AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE WINDOW ON THE NORTH – EAST ELEVATION, TO MATCH THE DIMENSIONS OF AN ORIGINAL WINDOW.
GLOVERS, FIRGROVE ROAD, CROSS IN HAND, TN21 0QL
Received 2 Feb 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0103/TPO
T1 OAK CROWN REDUCTION BY 2-2.5 METRES TO SECONDARY GROWTH POINTS IN LINE WITH MARKED UP PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION.
CHUCKHATCH HOUSE, CHUCKHATCH, HARTFIELD, TN7 4EX
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0085/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/2182/MRM.
LAND SOUTH OF FRAMFIELD ROAD, BLACKBOYS
Received 13 Jan 2025
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wealden 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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