Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,487 approved · 913 refused · 535 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
BELL REED FARM, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0SY
Received 17 Jan 2025SUNFLOWERS, STATION ROAD, ISFIELD, TN22 5XG
Received 12 Sept 202523 DUNSTANS CROFT, MAYFIELD, TN20 6UH
Received 5 Aug 2026OAKLAND HOUSE, POOK REED LANE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0AU
Received 6 Jan 2025HALE FARM, HALE GREEN, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HQ
Received 10 Mar 2025LAND WEST OF STATION ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 3 Oct 2023COBB COURT BARN, LOWER WICK STREET, SELMESTON, BN26 6TS
Received 16 Mar 2026WILDWOOD, OLD LANE, CROWBOROUGH, EAST SUSSEX, TN6 1RX
Received 22 Aug 202437 CHICHESTER ROAD, HELLINGLY, BN27 4BF
Received 22 Nov 2023LAND EAST OF PARK ROAD AND SOUTH OF NEW ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 25 Nov 20243 WALLSEND ROAD, PEVENSEY BAY, BN24 6AE
Received 6 May 2026LAND OFF BEXHILL ROAD, NINFIELD
Received 12 Jun 2025TEWITTS FARM, PALEHOUSE COMMON, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5RB
Received 17 Feb 2025111 STATION ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 2EE
Received 12 Feb 2026PARKSIDE, THE GREEN, FRANT TN3 9ED
Received 22 May 2024ROCKLANDS PLACE, BOREHAM LANE, BOREHAM STREET, WARTLING, BN27 1RS
Received 22 Jan 202631 CHEQUERS WAY, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2RU
Received 14 Oct 2024228 HIGH STREET, UCKFIELD TN22 1RE
Received 18 Feb 2026KNOWLE HOUSE, WADHURST ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9EJ
Received 31 Oct 2025RED THIMBLES, THE DRIVE, MARESFIELD PARK, MARESFIELD, TN22 3ER
Received 30 Oct 2023FORESTERS, BEACON ROAD WEST, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1QL
Received 20 Apr 202638 FARNE CLOSE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3DF
Received 24 Sept 2024THE HINDLANDS, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 18 Dec 2023MARESFIELD GARAGE, STRAIGHT HALF MILE, MARESFIELD, TN22 3DN
Received 28 Feb 2024Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage