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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 dates9,063Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,065 approved or refused records
859Refused applications
5,206 approved · 859 refused · 509 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decision IssuedWD/2025/2350/F
USE OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND SERVICE PREMISES TO FORM A VETERINARY CENTRE (REMAINING IN CLASS E/COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND SERVICES) TO INCLUDE FOR EXTERNAL POSITIONING OF AIR CONDITIONING EXTERNAL UNITS AND PROPOSED OPENING HOURS FOR A PREMISES WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF LISTED BUILDING
MAPLE BARN, BEECHES FARM ROAD, BUCKHAM HILL, ISFIELD, TN22 5QD
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1419/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 8 (Details of Play Areas) AND 9 (Replacement hedgerows) ATTACHED TO WD/2025/1869/MFA
CUCKOO FIELDS, LAND SOUTH OF HAILSHAM, HAILSHAM, BN27 3PN
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0083/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 21 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/0594/MEA
THE HINDSLANDS, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2681/F
SINGLE-STOREY REAR EXTENSION, FRONT PORCH, CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO BEDROOM AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL/EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
219 COAST ROAD, PEVENSEY BAY, BN24 6NX
Received 30 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1394/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2025/1497/F (CONVERSION OF WORKSHOP (B1(c)) TO A TWO-BEDROOM SPLIT LEVEL DWELLING, INCLUDING THE RAISING OF PART OF THE EXISTING FLOOR LEVEL TO PROVIDE SPACE BELOW FOR A BEDROOM AND STUDY. THE CONVERSION TO INCLUDE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO EXTERNAL GROUND LEVELS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING.) RAISING OF PART OF THE ROOFLINE. THIS WILL REMOVE THE CAT SLIDE.
CEDRIC, THE STREET, FRAMFIELD, UCKFIELD, TN22 5NX
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2682/F
PROPOSED TEMPORARY STORAGE FACILITIES
WOLFE RECREATION GROUND, BLACKNESS ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2NA
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/6003/CM
CHANGE OF USE TO CREATE AN AGGREGATE SUPPLY DEPOT, INCLUDING RECEIPT OF SOURCE SEGREGATED INERT MATERIALS, THE SCREENING OUT OF HARDCORE MATERIALS FOR OCCASIONAL CRUSHING. INSTALLATION OF MATERIAL STORAGE BAYS AND ACOUSTIC FENCING.
LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HEMPSTEAD LANE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3PR
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2595/MRM
RESERVED MATTERS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE) PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PERMISSION WD/2020/2667/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR PHASED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING THE ERECTION OF UP TO 20 NO. CUSTOM AND SELF-BUILD DWELLINGS (PLOTS), INCLUDING ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LANDSCAPING, GREEN SPACE AND OFF-SITE HIGHWAY WORKS (PEDESTRIAN FOOTWAY AND CROSSING)).
LAND AT CHIDDINGLY ROAD , HORAM, TN21 0JJ
Received 17 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/7042/AD
STEEL PORTAL FRAMED AGRICULTURAL BUILDING FOR THE STORAGE OF MACHINERY AND FORAGE.
CHILLEY FARM, RICKNEY LANE, HAILSHAM, BN27 1SE
Received 17 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0768/F
PROPOSED GARAGE CONVERSION AND FRONT PORCH EXTENSION.
1 WOODPECKER WAY, UCKFIELD, TN22 5NE
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0629/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 9 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/0695/F
LAND ADJACENT TO THE MANOR HOUSE, THE DRIVE, MARESFIELD PARK, MARESFIELD, TN22 2HA
Received 12 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2840/F
PROPOSED 2 STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION, TOGETHER WITH NEW SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PV PANELS, AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP AND EV CHARGING. INCLUDING RE CLADDING OF EXISTING FACADE.
PRANKS MEAD, LOWER ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5HE
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0204/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.
COPPER FARM, NORTH STREET, HELLINGLY, BN27 4EA
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2650/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2024/1482/F (SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH OTHER MINOR ALTERATIONS). FOR THE REMOVAL OF NEW WINDOW TO FRONT ELEVATION, REMOVAL OF SIDE ACCESS DOOR TO FLANK ELEVATION & RELOCATION OF NEW WINDOW TO FLANK ELEVATION
1 THE GABLES, COCKMOUNT LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6UG
Received 18 Nov 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1545/LDP
ERECTION OF OUTBUILDING FOR HOME OFFICE
24 MABEL WAY, HAILSHAM, BN27 2FA
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2730/F
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ANNEXE
THE POTTERIES, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
Received 6 Nov 2023 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2025/2380/MAJ
CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND SITING OF 8 NO. SHEPHERDS HUTS WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, LANDSCAPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING INTRODUCTION OF A PERMISSIVE FOOTPATH.
LAND EAST OF JIB JACKS HILL, HARTFIELD, TN7 4DQ
Received 17 Oct 2025 - Appeal LodgedWD/2025/0131/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM PARKING SPACE TO A CAR WASH
MAY GARLAND INN, HORAM ROAD, HORAM, TN21 0LJ
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1337/F
TWO STOREY SIDE AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSIONS, FORMATION OF FRONT & REAR ROOF DORMERS AND FRONT PORCH.
OVERDENE ANNEXE, BALLSOCKS LANE, VINES CROSS, HORAM, TN21 9ES
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2653/F
A PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING GARAGE BUILDING AND CONVERTING IT TO A 4 BEDROOM HOUSE; AND ERECTION OF 2 X 4 BEDROOMED HOUSES WITH ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, AMENITY SPACE AND LANDSCAPING.
FLETCHING GARAGE, BELL LANE, SPLAYNES GREEN, FLETCHING, TN22 3TN
Received 25 Oct 2023 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1439/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 2, 3 AND 4 OF WD/2023/3136/F (ALTERATION AND EXTENSION OF SHOP FRONTAGE) TO ALLOW FOR CHANGES TO THE APPEARANCE.
1 WEST CENTRAL COTTAGES, NINFIELD VILLAGE STORES AND POST OFFICE, LOWER STREET, NINFIELD, TN33 9EA
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2092/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 26 & 27 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/0559/MAJ
WEALDHALL RESIDENTIAL HOME, MAYFIELD LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6HX
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0826/F
PROPOSED NEW ROOF EXTENSION INCORPORATING DORMERS AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION. SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION AND WIDENING EXISTING VEHICULAR ACCESS.
DEEP PURPLE, THE GREEN, NINFIELD, TN33 9JE
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/1072/F
ENCLOSURE OF STAIRS AND CREATION OF PORCH ON SIDE OF EXISTING ANNEXE.
BRIMSETH HOUSE, COGGINS MILL LANE, MAYFIELD, TN20 6UT
Received 28 Apr 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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