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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 dates9,344Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,271 approved or refused records
892Refused applications
5,379 approved · 892 refused · 524 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2026/1678/F
CHANGE OF USE TO A MATERIAL STORAGE YARD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONCRETE VIA MOBILE MIXING VEHICLES. ERECTION OF A CEMENT SILO, STORAGE BAYS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS
UNITS 3 & 4, WESTHAM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, EASTBOURNE ROAD, WESTHAM, BN24 5NH
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0941/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/1799/MAJ
KILNWOOD FARM, POTMANS LANE, LUNSFORD CROSS, NINFIELD TN39 5JL
Received 7 Apr 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/0059/F
DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STABLE BUILDING AND THE ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT BUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION
TOP HILL COTTAGE, BEECH GREEN LANE, WITHYHAM, TN7 4DB
Received 9 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1433/F
DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND CONVERSION OF THE FORMER POLICE STATION BUILDING INTO A 4 BEDROOM DWELLING, THE ERECTION OF 1NO. 4 BEDROOM DETACHED DWELLING AND 1NO. 3 BEDROOM DETACHED CHALET BUNGALOW TO THE REAR OF THE SITE
POLICE STATION, CROWBOROUGH HILL, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DA
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0212/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A BUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO THE HOUSE AND CHANGE OF USE OF THE SMALL AREA ON WHICH THE BUILDING IS SITED TO RESIDENTIAL USE
MOUNT PLEASANT, SCHOOL LANE, ST JOHNS, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1SB
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2721/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 17 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/1088/MAO (APP/C1435/W/21/3283533).
LAND WEST OF FIVE ASH DOWN ROAD, COOPERS GREEN, UCKFIELD
Received 28 Nov 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/3017/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0139/F
SHEFFIELD PARK GARDEN, SHEFFIELD PARK, TN22 3QX
Received 7 Dec 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2225/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 22 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2193/O
SPRINGFIELD, LEWES ROAD, RIDGEWOOD, UCKFIELD, TN22 5SL
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2890/BGP
APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN CONDITION (PART A OF THE BNG INFORMATIVE) ATTACHED TO WD/2024/1052/F
DURRANTS FARM, BEECHY ROAD, BLACKBOYS TN22 5JG
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0742/LDP
GARAGE CONVERSION TO AN ANNEXE
ROUSDON, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DL
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/7002/AD
CATTLE FEED STORAGE SILO
BROOMLANDS, COLESTOCK ROAD, COWDEN, EDENBRIDGE, TN8 7EA
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1545/P04
PRIOR APPROVAL UNDER SCHEDULE 2, PART 3, CLASS Q OF THE GPDO FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE PRINCIPAL NORTHERN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT COPYHOLD FARM TO FOUR DWELLINGHOUSES, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED BUILDING OPERATIONS AND INTERNAL WORKS REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE BUILDING TO FUNCTION AS DWELLINGS. THE BUILDING IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED FARMSTEAD AT COPYHOLD FARM AND THE PROPOSAL IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE RETAINED ENVELOPE AND FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING BARN.
COPYHOLD FARM, COWBEECH ROAD, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4PN
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1925/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TIMBER SHEDS TO BE USED AS KENNELS THAT ARE CONNECTED, LOCATED WITHIN GARDEN.
THE QUARRY, FIR TOLL ROAD, MAYFIELD, TN20 6NG
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1832/LDP
ERECTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE
BROOK COTTAGES, NASH STREET, CHIDDINGLY, BN27 4AB
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1638/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3, 4, 5 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/1029/F
WHITE COTTAGE, TILLEY LANE, BOREHAM STREET, BN27 4UX
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2051/F
PROPOSED REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION
87 DOVER ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6LG
Received 11 Aug 2023 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0078/TCA
FELL ONE MAPLE TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED RIPE CONSERVATION AREA, MARCH 2017
2 CHURCH LANE COTTAGES, CHURCH LANE, RIPE, BN8 6AS
Received 7 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1022/F
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING FLIGHT OF STEPS AT REAR OF PROPERTY WITH A RAISED PLATFORM WITH WATER STORAGE TANKS BENEATH AND NEW FLIGHT OF STEPS. REPLACEMENT OF WINDOW IN REAR ELEVATION WITH FRENCH DOORS.
105 BATTLE ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 1UD
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1779/F
DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REAR EXTENSION AND NEW RAISED TERRACE
LITTLE SPINNEY, PRIORY ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5HP
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2495/LB
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO REPLACE 1930'S EXTENSION
MARSONS CROFT, STATION ROAD, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3HU
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1277/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2023/0729/DC (ERECTION OF TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ENCOMPASSING UP TO 8 NO. UNITS WITHIN CLASSES B2, B8 AND E(g)(i), (ii) & (iii), AND ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING AND WORKS.) AMENDED FENCING AND RETAINING WALL. NEW SUBSTATION AND RELOCATION OF CYCLE STORE. MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE BUILDINGS INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WINDOWS, ADDITIONAL CLADDING, CHANGES TO ROOFLIGHT AND PV PANEL LAYOUT
WEALDEN BUSINESS PARK, FARNINGHAM ROAD, JARVIS BROOK, TN6 2JR
Received 22 May 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2657/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2023/1802/F (GROUND FLOOR REAR EXTENSION) REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE EXTENSION FROM 7464MM TO 7224MM
2 SPEEDWELL LANE, HORAM, TN21 9DW
Received 19 Nov 2024 - Application WithdrawnWD/2026/0063/OH
IT IS PROPOSED TO REMOVE THREE POLES AND FIVE SPANS OF OVERHEAD LINE AT LAND NEAR PILLEY FARM ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL OF A NEW 12M TERMINAL POLE, AS INDICATED IN RED ON THE ATTACHED PLAN. THE NEAREST POLE 535807 HAS A HEIGHT OF 11.6M, THEREFORE THERE IS LESS THAN AN 10% INCREASE IN POLE HEIGHT. A PRIOR ECOLOGICAL REPORT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED (INCLUDED) AND INDICATES THAT THERE IS A LOW RISK OF HARM TO THE ANCIENT WOODLAND. (105191-164/EB)
LAND AT PILLEY FARM, DALLINGTON, HEATHFIELD
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedTM/2024/0057/TCA
REMOVE ONE FIR TREE AND ONE FIR AND BAY HEDGE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED WALDRON CONSERVATION AREA, MARCH 1995/MARCH 2017
MARECOTTES, THE STREET, WALDRON, EAST SUSSEX, TN21 0QU
Received 8 Mar 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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