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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 dates9,287Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,235 approved or refused records
885Refused applications
5,350 approved · 885 refused · 523 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2025/0717/F
MINOR REAR SINGLE STOREY ADDITION TO EXISTING EXTENSION, FLAT ROOF DORMER TO SIDE PROJECTING ROOF, STRUCTURE INSTALLED OVER EXISTING FLAT ROOF TERRACE. WINDOW REPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT, CLADDING UPGRADES. REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE AND ANNEXE. NEW HARDSTANDING FOR VEHICLE MOVEMENT. INSTALL OF ELECTRIC FRONT GATE.
BEECH COTTAGE, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5NF
Received 20 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1203/P02
CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO A FLEXIBLE USE WITHIN STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION (CLASS B8).
RIVERSIDE FARM, LAUNDRY LANE, HORAM, TN21 9ED
Received 13 May 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0573/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 AT DANEGATE, ERIDGE GREEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS TN3 9HU
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2481/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ANCILLARY RESIDENTIAL USE OF FIRST FLOOR OVER DETACHED GARAGE
OLD QUARRY, CHILLIES LANE, HIGH HURSTWOOD, BUXTED, TN22 4AA
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2473/F
PROPOSED SWIMMING POND.
SUMMERFIELD, SPINNEY LANE, WALDRON, TN21 0NU
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2568/F
CONSTRUCTION OF 6 DWELLINGS (USE CLASS C3) TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, ACCESS ROAD AND PRIVATE AMENITY SPACE
HORSELUNGES, MILL LANE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4HD
Received 13 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0260/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2 AND 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/2200/FA
TWITTEN HOUSE, PERRYMANS LANE, FURNERS GREEN, TN22 3RR
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2054/FR
PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR 8 NO. SINGLE-STOREY OUTDOOR STORAGE STRUCTURES TO BOTH REPLACE EXISTING AND TO CREATE NEW STORAGE CAPACITY FOR THE RUNNING OF THE LAUGHTON LODGE ESTATE.
LAUGHTON LODGE, COMMON LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6BY
Received 11 Aug 2023 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0172/TCA
THE TREE LOCATION OF THE TREE IS IDENTIFIED ON THE ATTACHED PLAN AND IS APPROXIMATELY 20 WEST OF THE CHURCH. THE TREE IS A CYPRESS CONIFER APPROXIMATELY 6M TALL X 3M WIDE. IT IS ADJACENT TO A LARGE LIME TREE AND A YEW AND IS OUT OF KEEPING WITH ALL THE INDIGENOUS TREES IN THE CHURCHYARD. IT ALSO OCCUPIES VALUABLE SPACE IN OUR CHURCHYARD WHICH IS VERY NEARLY FULL AND SO WE WISH TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS SPACE FOR BURIALS FOR PARISH RESIDENTS RATHER THAN FACE IMMINENT CLOSURE OF THE CHURCHYARD.
CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH STREET, WADHURST, TN5 6AR
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decision IssuedTM/2024/0268/TCA
REMOVE ONE ASH TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNATED MAYFIELD & COGGINS MILL CONSERVATION AREA OCTOBER 1969/ MARCH 2017
POUNDHILL HOUSE, FLETCHING STREET, MAYFIELD TN20 6TH
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0714/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 17 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/1391/MAO
FRIDAY STREET FARM, OAK TREE LANE, EASTBOURNE, BN23 8BB
Received 19 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0275/TCA
CROWN REDUCTION TO ONE GOAT WILLOW SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS, DESIGNATED MARESFIELD CONSERVATION AREA 1992/MARCH 2017
THE CHEQUERS, HIGH STREET, MARESFIELD, TN22 2EH
Received 15 Oct 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1683/PD
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WHICH WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE REAR WALL OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE BY 3.70 METRES FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 3.00 METRES, AND FOR WHICH THE HEIGHT OF THE EAVES WOULD BE 3.00 METRES.
TIFFANY, PILMER ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2UA
Received 20 Aug 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0735/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2024/2141/F (PROPOSED NEW SELF-BUILD DWELLING (AMENDMENT TO DESIGN OF DWELLING APPROVED UNDER WD/2022/1481/F AND REVISED APPROVAL UNDER WD/2023/2621/FA) WITH DETACHED GARAGE) AMENDED PROPOSAL 1. INSTALLATION OF POST/PARCEL BOX ON ENTRANCE WALL, 2. RELOCATION OF BIN STORAGE, 3. INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS, 4. INSTALLATION OF 1.2M FENCE
UPPER CAR PARK, FORMER HAYWAGGON INN, HIGH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AB
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0131/F
ERECTION OF A FREE-STANDING RESTAURANT/TAKEAWAY WITH DRIVE THRU FACILITY, CAR PARKING, LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, INCLUDING CUSTOMER ORDER DISPLAYS (COD).
LAND AT ROPEMAKER PARK, DIPLOCKS WAY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SOUTH ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 3GY
Received 18 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2298/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2023/0508/F (PHASED DEVELOPMENT OF 5 SINGLE STOREY DWELLINGS WITH ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCORPORATING THE UTILISATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE EXISTING ACCESS) REMOVAL OF TREE LOCATED TO THE REAR OF PLOT 5, REFERENCE T010 LONDON PLANE
HAMMONDS GREEN COTTAGE, HAMMONDS GREEN, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5QH
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2184/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY, ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
WHITE HEATHERS, STONE QUARRY ROAD, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7LP
Received 18 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2013/AI
INDIVIDUAL LETTERS ON TIMBER FASCIA SIGN AND PROJECTING SIGN.
122 HIGH STREET, UCKFIELD, TN22 1PX
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/2072/F
PROPOSED ROOF TERRACE ON EXISTING FLAT ROOF AND NEW ACCESS STAIR.
63 NEVILL ROAD, UCKFIELD,TN22 1NX
Received 3 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2739/F
CONVERSION OF EXISTING BUILDING IN LAPSED COMBINED B1 & B8 USE TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING C3 USE, INCLUDING CHANGING THE ROOF COVERING TO ORIGINAL PLAIN TILES, CLADDING THE WALLS WITH TIMBER WEATHERBOARDING AND THE ERECTION OF RAISED DECKING. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STYLE DOUBLE GARAGE ADJACENT.
BULLFINCHES FARM, FORGE ROAD, ERIDGE, TN3 9LJ
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1452/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2 AND 14 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/3023/F.
2 SHEPHAM LANE, POLEGATE, BN26 6LZ
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2424/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 6 ATTACHED TO WD/2018/1757/MRM
UPLANDS FARM, RATTLE ROAD, STONE CROSS, WESTHAM, BN24 5DT
Received 21 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2576/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 5 & 6 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/1491/F
BROOK HOUSE, MARSH GREEN LANE, MARSH GREEN, HARTFIELD TN7 4ET
Received 11 Nov 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2949/F
PROPOSED GARAGE CONVERSION AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS WHICH INCLUDE ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL WINDOWS TO THE SIDE AND CHANGED WINDOWS TO THE REAR ELEVATION. WITH ADDITIONAL VELUX WINDOWS TO THE GARAGE ROOF
11 LYEWOOD WAY, UCKFIELD, TN22 5GL
Received 23 Dec 2024
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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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