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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 Wealden District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,179 approved · 858 refused · 504 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
MALLING FARM, DOWN STREET, PILTDOWN, TN22 3XU
Received 17 Jan 202432 BANKSIDE, WADHURST, TN5 6UL
Received 14 Mar 2025BLACK VEN FARM, DOWN STREET, NUTLEY, TN22 3EH
Received 14 Aug 2023RUSHERS CROSS FARM COTTAGE, RUSHERS CROSS, MAYFIELD, TN20 6PX
Received 1 May 20253 HIGGLERS CLOSE; BUXTED TN22 4HE
Received 10 Jan 2025LAND NORTH OF GREEN LANE/PALESGATE LANE, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH
Received 11 Sept 2025KILNWOOD FARM, POTMANS LANE, LUNSFORD CROSS, NINFIELD, TN39 5JL
Received 26 Aug 202533 HIGH STREET, UCKFIELD, TN22 1AG
Received 6 Mar 2026WINDOVER, THE STREET, SELMESTON, BN26 6TY
Received 25 Jun 2025UNIT 7E, DIPLOCKS WAY, HAILSHAM, BN27 3JF
Received 13 Jan 202676 WINDMILL ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 5BQ
Received 15 Oct 2025HIGH BEECHES, WARREN LANE, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0TB
Received 22 Dec 2023THE BRICKWORKS, FARNINGHAM ROAD, JARVIS BROOK, CROWBOROUGH
Received 4 Jul 202537 BADGERS WALK, DEANLAND WOOD PARK, GOLDEN CROSS BN27 3UT
Received 29 Jul 2025WEST LODGE, BACK LANE, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0QB
Received 11 Jul 2025CHILSHAM FARM NURSERY, CHILSHAM LANE, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4QQ
Received 13 Mar 20266 DUNSTANS CROFT, MAYFIELD, TN20 6UH
Received 2 Oct 2023COBB COURT BARN, LOWER WICK STREET, SELMESTON, BN26 6TS
Received 19 Sept 20251A BRUCE MANOR CLOSE, MAYFIELD LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6FH
Received 30 Mar 2026HIGH PADDOCKS, LYE GREEN, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1UU
Received 20 Nov 2024LAND FORMING PART OF THE SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST RESERVE
Received 13 Dec 20235 ROTHERHILL ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3AU
Received 31 Mar 2025HARECOMBE MANOR NURSING HOME, SOUTHVIEW ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1HG
Received 13 Dec 2023FLAT 9, 75 HIGH STREET, UCKFIELD TN22 1AP
Received 17 Feb 2026Records 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 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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