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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 dates9,107Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,097 approved or refused records
865Refused applications
5,232 approved · 865 refused · 515 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2025/0982/F
ERECTION OF DOUBLE GARAGE AND LOG STORE
LOWER STONE COTTAGE, SCHOOL LANE, DANEHILL, HAYWARDS HEATH
Received 11 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0593/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE AND CONVERSION OF UNDERUTILISED AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS TO USES WITHIN CLASS E, BUT LIMITED TO THOSE IN CLASS E (C) AND CLASS E (G) ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND PARKING ARRANGEMENTS.
COLDHARBOUR FARM, WHITESMITH LANE, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HB
Received 8 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0668/F
NEW DISABLED PARKING AND ACCESS
FERNDALE, TANYARD LANE, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7LY
Received 14 Mar 2025 - Application WithdrawnTM/2025/0165/TPO
WORK TO ONE OAK TREE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (FOREST ROW) NO 45/3, 1990
106 FRESHFIELD BANK, FOREST ROW RH18 5HN
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0530/F
SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION
4 DOG COTTAGES, THORNHILL, ASHURST WOOD, RH19 3SL
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1656/F
WEST ELEVATION FORMER WINDOWS RE-INSTALLATION AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR.
BROOMHAM, STREET END LANE, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UB
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/7057/AD
STEEL FRAMED AGRICULTURAL BARN WITH GREEN PLASTISOL SHEETING TO ROOF AND WALLS FOR STORAGE OF HAY, FEED AND MACHINERY (TRACTORS, MOWERS).
HALFWAY HOUSE FARM, JENNERS LANE, WARTLING, BN27 1RR
Received 14 Sept 2026 - Application WithdrawnWD/2023/1931/F
ADDITION OF 2M HIGH CLOSE BOARDED FENCE AND PEDESTRIAN GATE ON THE ROADSIDE BOUNDARY
DIAMOND COTTAGE, LONDON ROAD, BUDLETTS COMMON, UCKFIELD, TN22 2EA
Received 27 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0084/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR RETENTION OF OUTBUILDING IN REAR GARDEN
25 WEST BEECHES ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2AN
Received 10 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2023/0258/TPO
REDUCE AND SHAPE CROWN OF ONE HORSE CHESTNUT TREE TO 10M IN HEIGHT AND 4M IN RADIUS WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 18, 1980
CRUSADER HOUSE, FURNISHING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, BUXTED, TN22 4LA
Received 17 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1606/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4 AND 5 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/2963/F
BARN FARM, HIGHLANDS LANE, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HE
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2024/0259/TCA
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNATED SELMESTON CONSERVATION AREA AUGUST 1991
HYDE HOUSE, THE STREET, SELMESTON BN26 6UA
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0969/LDP
CHANGE OF WINDOW ON FRONT ELEVATION TO DOORS AND WINDOW EACH SIDE.
24 LODGE AVENUE, WILLINGDON, BN22 0JB
Received 9 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2818/MRM
RESERVED MATTERS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE FOR 18 NO. DWELLINGS) 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 9 Dec 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1058/F
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION, PARTIAL GARAGE CONVERSION, AND CHANGES TO FENESTRATION
3 BARN CLOSE, STONE CROSS, BN24 5EN
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2534/PO
VARIATION OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 21 MARCH 2023 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/2021/2766/F TO VARY PARAGRAPH 2 OF SCHEDULE 1 TO READ 'FIRST OCCUPATION' INSTEAD OF 'COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT'.
LAND AT FORMER POUND GREEN NURSERIES, POUND GREEN, BUXTED
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/7034/ADP
STEEL FRAME AGRICULTURAL BARN WITH YORKSHIRE BOARDING AND CAST CONCRETE PANELS
AYSGARTH FARM, BALLSOCKS LANE, VINES CROSS, HORAM, TN21 9ET
Received 1 May 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1993/LDE
COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT WD/2017/0104/F - CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDINGS TO CREATE NEW DWELLING
STAR LODGE, WALDRON, TN21 0NN
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2185/F
RE-INSTATEMENT OF CHIMNEY TO ORIGINAL AND NEW DRIVE AND VEHICULAR ACCESS.
3 FLOWERS GREEN, CHURCH ROAD, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 1RQ
Received 20 Sept 2024 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1187/LB
PROPOSED MINOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AT FIRST FLOOR AS FOLLOWS: REMOVE EXISTING 'MODERN' TIMBER STUD WALL AND DOOR, INFILL EXISTING WALL/OPENING AREAS, RELOCATE EXISTING TRADITIONAL DOOR, FORM OPENING IN WALL, PROVIDE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT WHERE REQUIRED, MAKE GOOD FINISHES, REMOVE NON-HERITAGE FITTED WARDROBES.
KITWISH, CHURCH STREET, OLD HEATHFIELD, TN21 9AL
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1195/N04
TEMPORARY RECREATIONAL CAMPSITE (in accordance with Part 4 of Schedule 2 (Class BC) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
LAND ADJOINING THE YEW TREE INN, THE STREET, ARLINGTON, BN26 6RX
Received 20 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0195/CD
DISCHARGE OF SCHEDULE 11, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 8 JULY 2022 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/2021/0594/MEA (OUTLINE APPLICATION WITH ALL MATTERS RESERVED EXCEPT FOR ACCESS (EXCLUDING INTERNAL ESTATE ROADS BEYOND THE ACCESS TO SERVE THE MEDICAL CENTRE PLOT) FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING VACANT DWELLING AND ERECTION OF UP TO 180 NO. DWELLINGS AND MEDICAL CENTRE TOGETHER WITH ALL PARKING, SERVICING AND ON-SITE OPEN SPACE).
HINDSLAND, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 24 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0950/F
REMOVE REAR CONSERVATORY AND ERECT SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
90 WANNOCK AVENUE, BN20 9RG
Received 7 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2024/0196/TCA
REDUCE CROWN OF X1 BEECH TREE ON EAST BOUNDARY BY UP TO 30% TO PREVIOUS PRUNING POINTS. REDUCE CROWN OF X1 CHERRY TREE IN FRONT HEDGE BY UP TO 50% TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED AND SAFE CANOPY SIZE AND ENHANCE THE TREE’S SHAPE AND APPEARANCE WHERE IT HAS NOT BEEN PRUNED PREVIOUSLY. NO OTHER WORKS TO ANY TREES AT THE PROPERTY. DESIGNATED PELL GREEN AND COUSLEY WOOD CONSERVATION AREA MARCH 2001/MARCH 2017
UPPER VERDS, COUSLEY WOOD ROAD, WADHURST, EAST SUSSEX, TN5 6EY
Received 13 Sept 2024
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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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