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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 dates8,388Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 5,589 approved or refused records
800Refused applications
4,789 approved · 800 refused · 457 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decision IssuedWD/2025/8003/AA
PHASED OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT FOR UP TO 250 NEW HOMES (INCLUDING 40% AFFORDABLE), ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE AND OTHER ASSOICIATED INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT ACCESS
LAND AT GOLDBRIDGE FARM, GOLDBRIDGE ROAD, NEWICK
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2860/F
OUTBUILDING COMPRISING WORKSHOP, CAR PORT AND ANNEXE ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE MAIN HOUSE.
WALDEN, BUCKHURST LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6JY
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/8004/AA
ERECTION OF 184 DWELLINGS; NEW RUGBY CLUBHOUSE WITH PARKING AND STORAGE FACILITY; NEW CRICKET PAVILION; FORMATION OF 1 NO. 3G RUGBY PITCH, 3 NO. SENIOR RUGBY PITCHES, 2 NO. JUNIOR RUGBY PITCHES; 2 NO. CRICKET PITCHES AND 5 NO. PADEL COURTS; ASSOCIATED PARKING, LANDSCAPING, FLOODLIGHTING, EARTHWORKS; NEW VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS AND BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT/AMENITY AREA.
ST MARKS RECREATION GROUND, FRANT ROAD, ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT,
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2773/F
CONTINUED USE OF LAND AS CAMPSITE WITH PROVISION FOR 10 NO. PITCHES FOR CARAVANS OR MOTORHOMES TOGETHER WITH STATIONING/USE OF MOBILE HOME IN ADJOINING FIELD.
BEECHES PLACE FARM, BEECHES FARM ROAD, OFF BUCKHAM HILL, ISFIELD, TN22 5QD
Received 10 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2380/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2019/1685/MRM (RESERVED MATTERS PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PERMISSION WD/2016/0986/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED (EXCEPT FOR MEANS OF ACCESS FROM ST MARTINS ROAD AND DUTCHELLS WAY) FOR UP TO 390 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS AND FOOTPATHS, SPORTS PITCHES AND ALLOTMENTS (INCLUDING ANCILLARY FACILITIES), CAR PARKING, OPEN SPACE, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM; AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EARTHWORKS) FOR OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING, SPORTS PITCHES, SPORTS PAVILION AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM.) TO AMEND THE APPROVED PLANS AS A RESULT OF CHANGES TO THE SPORTS PAVILION, ALLOTMENTS AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING
BRODRICKLANDS AND HAMLANDS FARM WILLINGDON
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1506/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2024/0075/F (PROPOSED VEHICULAR ACCESS AND DRIVEWAY TO SERVE DWELLING AND ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL LAND, WITH EXISTING ACCESS REMODELLED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS/CYCLISTS ONLY.) FOR MODIFICATION OF ONE SECTION OF THE APPROVED ACCESS TRACK, REDUCING BY 0.8M IN WIDTH TO A TOTAL WIDTH OF 3.7M TO ALIGN WITH THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON THE COMMON LAND APPROVAL GRANTED BY THE PLANNING INSPECTORATE (BELLMOUTH DESIGN ONTO THE A272 UNCHANGED).
BARKHAM FARM, GOLDBRIDGE ROAD, PILTDOWN, TN22 3XL
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Application WithdrawnTM/2025/0255/TPO
FELL ALL ASH TREES INSIDE THE RED LINE BOUNDARY OF ATTACHED PLAN LOCATED WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 25, 2002
LAND ADJ HAILSHAM ROAD, HAILSHAM ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6DW
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1076/LB
CONVERSION OF EXISTNG BARN TO A PAIR OF SEMI-DETACHED HOLIDAY LETS, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF TWO 20TH CENTURY EXTENSIONS
THE MILL HOUSE, BUCKHAM HILL, ISFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN22 5XR
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/3032/F
REPLACEMENT DRIVEWAY/GARDEN GATES WITH WOODEN GATES THAT ARE UP TO 2M IN HEIGHT.
1 GLOUCESTER VILLAS, SOUTH VIEW ROAD, SPARROWS GREEN, WADHURST, TN5 6TJ
Received 11 Dec 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0106/LB
PROPOSED INTERNAL ALTERATION AND REFURBISHMENT.
WHITEGATES FARM, WHITEGATES LANE, WADHURST, EAST SUSSEX, TN5 6QG
Received 16 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1534/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION. REMODELLING OF EXISTING FLAT ROOFS.
36 SOUTHRIDGE RISE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1LG
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1132/LDP
NEW PORCH CLAD IN CEDRAL CLADDING TO MATCH EXISTING HOUSE AND WITH WINDOWS AND DOOR TO MATCH EXISTING HOUSE.
ERIDGE COTTAGE, TOWER RIDE, UCKFIELD, TN22 1SD
Received 5 Jun 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0465/LDP
PROPOSED LOFT CONVERSION WITH ROOF WINDOWS TO THE FRONT AND REAR AND ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS
4 PALMA CLOSE, POLEGATE, BN26 6QB
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2837/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4 AND 6 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/1680/O
WEST VIEW, DEANLAND ROAD, GOLDEN CROSS, CHIDDINGLY, BN27 3RJ
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2485/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2019/1575/MAO
LAND EAST OF NORTH STREET, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, BN27 4DR
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0538/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITIONS 2 & 13 OF WD/2024/0556/F (DEMOLITION OF SHED AND REMOVAL OF TENNIS COURT. ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING, LANDSCAPING AND RE-USE OF EXISTING ACCESS) TO ENABLE ALTERATION TO THE SITING OF THE PROPOSED DWELLING AND REDUCTION TO AREA OF HARDSTANDING TO THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING.
LAND ADJACENT TO WESTERLEIGH, MAYFIELD LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6JE
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0205/F
DISMANTLE EXISTING TRACTOR SHED / FEED STORE AND RELOCATE TO FARM PADDOCK TO THE SOUTH.
VINES CROSS FARM, NETTLESWORTH LANE, VINES CROSS, HORAM, TN21 9AT
Received 29 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0652/LDE
THE OLD WORKSHOP WAS CLASSIFIED AS ANCILLARY C3 RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION IN LINE WITH WEALDEN PLANNING REF: WD/2014/1497/LDP, BUT HAS BEEN TENANTED AND OCCUPIED CONTINUOUSLY AS AN INDEPENDENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT FROM JANUARY 2020 TO DATE.
OLD MILL COTTAGE, OLDLANDS HILL, FAIRWARP, TN22 3BX
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0303/TCA
T4 - LIME TREE. CROWN LIFT TO A HEIGHT OF 2.3M ABOVE GROUND
ALL SAINTS CHURCH CEMETERY, CHURCH LANE, DANEHILL, RH17 7EU
Received 5 Nov 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2995/F
EXTENSION TO THE DWELLING, FENESTRATION CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF INCIDENTAL OUTBUILDING
HASTINGFORD OAST FARM, HASTINGFORD LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4DY
Received 5 Dec 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1727/F
PROPOSED BALCONY ON EXISTING FLAT ROOF.
1 PETERS COTTAGES, PALEHOUSE COMMON, UCKFIELD, TN22 5QY
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2873/F
PARTIAL CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE INTO HOME OFFICE, INCLUDING A NEW SET OF GARAGE DOORS & TWO NEW CONSERVATION ROOF WINDOWS
KITWISH, CHURCH STREET, OLD HEATHFIELD, TN21 9AL
Received 24 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2992/LDE
FISHING FROM STAGES AROUND THE LAKE AND FROM BOATS. PRACTICE CASTING ON THE GRASS
ASHDOWN FOREST FLY FISHERY, BORINGWHEEL LAKE, CACKLE STREET, NUTLEY, TN22 3DU
Received 4 Dec 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0834/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY WRAP AROUND EXTENSION WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO FORM NEW KITCHEN/UTILITY, OPEN PLAN DINING AREA AND MODIFIED LIVING ROOM
38 LYNHOLM ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6JR
Received 28 Mar 2025
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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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