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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.
5,324 approved · 879 refused · 522 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CHIDDINGHURST, SCRAPERS HILL, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HJ
Received 8 Dec 2025ROSE COTTAGE, COMMON LANE, LAUGHTON BN8 6BX
Received 20 Dec 2024LAND TO THE SOUTH OF CHIDDINGLY ROAD, HORAM, TN21 0JJ
Received 12 Jun 2025GLOVERS, FIRGROVE ROAD, CROSS IN HAND, TN21 0QL
Received 3 Jul 2025COOPERS GREEN HOUSE, BUXTED ROAD, COOPERS GREEN, TN22 4AT
Received 3 Sept 20247 THE CLOISTERS, WILLINGDON BN22 0JW
Received 29 Jan 2024HAYLOFT, OLD BUCKHURST, WITHYHAM ROAD, WITHYHAM, TN7 4BA
Received 6 Oct 2023HONEYLAND FARM - LAND AT HONEY LANE, ASHBURNHAM
Received 29 Jan 20243 WALLSEND ROAD, PEVENSEY BAY, BN24 6AE
Received 3 Aug 2026ROCK MEADOW, BROADWATER FOREST LANE, BROADWATER FOREST, GROOMBRIDGE, TN3 9NR
Received 28 Jul 2025SHARNFOLD FARM, HAILSHAM ROAD, STONE CROSS, BN24 5BU
Received 8 Aug 2025CAREWELL HOUSE, CHALVINGTON ROAD, GOLDEN CROSS, CHIDDINGLY, BN27 3SS
Received 16 Apr 2025HEDGEROWS, HORAM ROAD, HORAM, TN21 0LJ
Received 7 Jun 2023LAND AT COOKS CORNER FARM TO THE REAR OF AMBLESTONE, LONDON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH
Received 4 Sept 2024DOWER HOUSE, POSSINGWORTH LANE, WALDRON TN22 5HF
Received 10 Oct 2023BLUE BOX SELF STORAGE LTD, LANGSETT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, RATTLE ROAD, WESTHAM, BN24 5DS
Received 9 Jan 2024POPLAR COTTAGE, AMBERSTONE, HAILSHAM, BN27 1PQ
Received 13 Aug 2025CHANCEL VIEW, 88 HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5BZ
Received 21 Feb 2025CEDRIC, THE STREET, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5NX
Received 10 Sept 2026STONECROFT, STONE QUARRY ROAD, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7LS
Received 11 Jun 2025CHURCH FARM, CHURCH LANE, RIPE, BN8 6AU
Received 10 Oct 2025CUCKOO FIELDS, LAND SOUTH OF HAILSHAM, HAILSHAM, BN27 3PN
Received 10 Jun 2024LAND EAST OF NORTH STREET, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, BN27 4DR
Received 27 Apr 2026THE REST, VICTORIA ROAD, WINDMILL HILL, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4TE
Received 28 Jan 2025Records 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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