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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 dates9,212Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,173 approved or refused records
876Refused applications
5,297 approved · 876 refused · 520 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Allocated to OfficerWD/2024/0660/PO
VARIATION OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 20 APRIL 2021 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/2019/2692/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 241 NO. RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVISION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM ERSHAM ROAD. ALL OTHER MATTERS ARE RESERVED) TO VARY THE MORTGAGEE EXCLUSION CLAUSE.
LAND AT SUMMERHILL, WEST OF ERSHAM ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1841/F
REBUILDING FIRE DAMAGED DWELLING INCLUDING ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION.
TUDOR COTTAGE, BACK LANE, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0QG
Received 1 Aug 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0568/F
PROPOSED NEW CHEESE STORE TO NORTH OF EXISTING BUILDING. CONVERT THE EXISTING ATTIC STORAGE SPACE INTO A FARM OFFICE. UPGRADE EXISTING WORKSHOP/STORAGE SPACE INTO NEW DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITIES.
OLD PLAWHATCH FARM, PLAWHATCH LANE, SHARPTHORNE, RH19 4JL
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/0805/F
REINSTATE FIREPLACE IN SITTING ROOM WITH NEW SURROUND, REINSTATE FIREPLACE IN DINING ROOM, WIDEN EXISTING DOORWAY BETWEEN KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM, REMOVE EXISTING BATHROOM FITTINGS TO CONVERT BATHROOM TO A NEW BEDROOM, CONVERT CURRENT BEDROOM INTO A BATHROOM WITH NEW HERITAGE CAST IRON SOIL PIPE ALONGSIDE HOUSE ON EASTERN SIDE THAT WILL RUN INTO EXISTING STACK AT REAR OF HOUSE. REMOVE LEAN-TO ON THE EASTERN SIDE. REMOVE OIL TANK FROM GARDEN, ADD LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) TANK TO GARDEN AND BOILER TO EXISTING SHED.
20 HIGH STREET, EAST HOATHLY, BN8 6EB
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1447/F
ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS, CONTAINERISED BATTERY STORAGE AND INSTALLATION OF THREE LOADING BAY DOORS.
FASTENER HOUSE, BOLTON CLOSE, BELLBROOK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, UCKFIELD, TN22 1QW
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Allocated to OfficerTM/2026/0061/TPO
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (CROWBOROUGH) TPO/2011/0015
1 MANOR PLACE, ERIDGE ROAD, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SS
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2522/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
14 COOPERS HILL, WILLINGDON, BN20 9JB
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0470/A
POST SIGN
BUSY BEES NURSERY, 42-46 LONDON ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 3BU
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2677/LB
REPAIR CRACKS IN EXTERNAL WALLS AND ADD STRENGTHENING IN ATTIC ROOF.
THE OLD CHAPEL, LONDON ROAD, UCKFIELD, TN22 1HX
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1335/F
PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF ONE REPLACEMENT DWELLING.
SWANWOOD FARM, GUN HILL, CHIDDINGLY, TN21 0JS
Received 19 May 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2786/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE AND SINGLE STOREY BLOCK, CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND NEW DETACHED SINGLE STOREY GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PV PANELS TO THE EAST ELEVATION ROOF OF EXISTING DWELLING, NEW DEER FENCING TO SITE BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.
ASHDOWN HOUSE, PARROCK LANE, COLEMANS HATCH, HARTFIELD, TN7 4HS
Received 13 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2464/F
LOFT CONVERSION WITH FRONT DORMER WINDOW AND INSERTION OF TWO ROOF LIGHTS.
SEA RIDGE, EASTBOURNE AVENUE, PEVENSEY BAY, BN24 6AS
Received 28 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1965/F
THE ERECTION OF A 2 BAY TIMBER GARAGE
THE WHITE HOUSE, STATION ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BT
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2024/0197/TPO
T1 BEECH PRUNE THE CROWN OF THE TREE TO THE PREVIOUS PRUNING POINTS APPROX 2M HEIGHT REMAINING APPROX 15M SPREAD 20M, TO ALLOW MORE LIGHT INTO THE FORCOURT AND TAKE BACK BRANCHES TOUCHING THE ROOF WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 44, 1998
THE MILLINERS, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW RH18 5AF
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0800/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3 AND 4 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/1263/RM
SOUTHBROOK, GREEN LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2XB
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1029/F
SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.
2 LIME TREE VILLAS, STATION ROAD, ISFIELD, TN22 5XD
Received 20 May 2026 - Application WithdrawnWD/2024/2763/LB
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW DETACHED INDOOR SWIMMING POOL, ANCILLARY DETACHED OFFICE AND A ANCILLARY DETACHED GYM/STORE, ALL WITHIN THE LOWER GARDEN OF WEST WOOD, ST. DUNSTAN
WESTWOOD ST DUNSTAN, WEST STREET, MAYFIELD TN20 6DS
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0107/D
DEMOLITION OF OUTBUILDING.
GRANARY COTTAGE, FRAMFIELD ROAD, BLACKBOYS, TN22 5LR
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2451/P27
INSTALLATION OF FREE STANDING SOLAR CANOPIES
SERVOMEX LTD, SYBRON WAY, JARVIS BROOK, EAST SUSSEX, TN6 3FB
Received 24 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2253/F
PROPOSED TWO-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
1 TAPPINGTON COTTAGES, STATION HILL, WADHURST, TN5 6QA
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2191/MRM
APPROVAL OF RESERVED MATTERS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT, AND SCALE FOR A NEW MEDICAL CENTRE WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING AND LANDSCAPING) PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PERMISSION WD/2021/0594/MEA (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).
THE HINDLANDS, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0793/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR HOUSE EXTENSION, GARAGE (WORKSHOP AND GYM), AND SUMMER HOUSE OUTBUILDING. PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY REAR HOUSE EXTENSION AND PROPOSED OUTBUILDING TO FORM RELOCATED SUMMER HOUSE, WORKSHOP AND GYM.
OAKHURST, DITTONS ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6HS
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1098/F
TO BUILD A DECK IN THE BACK GARDEN WHERE A SHED HAS RECENTLY BEEN DISMANTLED. THE GARDEN IS TIERED SO THE DECK STARTS AT GROUND LEVEL AND PROTRUDES OUT LEVEL. IT MEASURES 3400MM LONG BY 4100MM WIDE.
3 THE MARLPIT, DURGATES, WADHURST, TN5 6UP
Received 2 Jun 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2708/F
CONVERSION OF INTERNAL GARAGE TO STUDIO ROOM. NEW BAY WINDOW TO FRONT
FIRBANK, 6 FOREST VIEW, NUTLEY, TN22 3LF
Received 1 Nov 2023
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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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