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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 dates9,551Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,428 approved or refused records
918Refused applications
5,510 approved · 918 refused · 538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/2025/0638/F
PROPOSED GARAGE CONVERSION AND SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOF REAR EXTENSION TO CONSIST OF ATTACHED ANNEXE FOR RELATIVE
17 HUGGETTS LANE, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN22 0LT
Received 12 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1794/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUNGALOW AND ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED HOUSE
DOWNSVIEW, HEMPSTEAD LANE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3AA
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Appeal LodgedWD/2025/1269/F
PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF LAND TO RESIDENTIAL GARDEN LAND, ERECTION OF A GARAGE INCIDENTAL TO WISTERIA COTTAGE, AND PROPOSED RETENTION OF THE GATE IN THE REAR BOUNDARY OF WISTERIA COTTAGE
WISTERIA COTTAGE, ERIDGE ROAD, ERIDGE GREEN, TN3 9JU
Received 21 May 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2410/CC
REPLACEMENT OF 10 NO. EXISTING METAL WINDOWS TO NEW UPVC.
HANKHAM CP SCHOOL, HANKHAM STREET, HANKHAM, WESTHAM, BN24 5AY
Received 26 Sept 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1775/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 11 (Sustainability - In Accordance with Details) ATTACHED TO WD/2026/0872/MFA
LAND WEST OF NORTH STREET, NORTH STREET, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, BN27 4DR
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0964/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 4 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/2135/MRM
PARK FARM, NEW ROAD, HELLINGLY, BN27 4EW
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0486/F
SINGLE STOREY, FLAT ROOF CABIN FOR USE IN WORK AT HOME SALON. EXTEND EXISTING 2.0M HIGH TIMBER BOUNDARY FENCE AND RETURN TO PROPERTY.
5 WINCHESTER WAY, WILLINGDON, EASTBOURNE, BN22 0JP
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1000/F
PROPOSED SIDE AND REAR GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION WITH ROOF TERRACE, FIRST FLOOR FRONT DORMER EXTENSION, REPLACED WINDOWS AND DOORS
CLATTERINGSHAW, 6 FOREST PLACE, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0TG
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/0217/P04
CREATION OF SMALL ONE BEDROOM DWELLING WITH KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM WITHIN A DISUSED STABLE AND HALF OF AN OPEN BARN.
SESSINGHAM FARM HOUSE, SESSINGHAM LANE, ARLINGTON, BN26 6TP
Received 30 Jan 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2024/0036/LB
REPLACEMENT WINDOWS, 2 AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS, REMOVAL/ADDITION OF INTERNAL PARTITION WALLS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER
CURLS FARM, RIPE LANE, RIPE, BN8 6AP
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1817/FA
REMOVAL OF CONDITION 3 OF WD/2016/0389/F (THE PLANNING APPLICATION CONCERNS A NEW THREE-BEDROOM, DETACHED HOUSE TO BE BUILT ON A PLOT TO BE FORMED FROM TWO ADJACENT PROPERTIES - QUEENSWOOD AND CRANFORD.*) **TO ALLOW PERMITTED DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PROPERTY**
YAFFLE HOUSE, CASTLE WALK, WADHURST, TN5 6DB
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0018/TPO
MATURE BEECH TREE IN THE REAR GARDEN OF THE PROPERTY (EARLSTONE COTTAGE} SPEC OF WORKS ,REDUCE WHOLE CROWN BY 3 METERS ,REDUCE WEIGHT OFF THE LIMBS TO HELP WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE GANODEMA AT THE BASE OF THE TREE.
EARLSTONE COTTAGE, MELFORT ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1QT
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1750/LDP
(1) INSTALLATION OF 11 SOLAR PANELS ON THE SOUTH FACING ROOF. (2) INSTALLATION OF A TESLA POWERWALL 3 PLUS SINGLE EXPANSION PACK ON THE NORTH EXTERNAL GROUND FLOOR WALL. (3) INSTALLATION OF AN EV CHARGER LOCATED IN THE DETACHED GARAGE OF THE PROPERTY.
5 LOWER DRIVE, MARESFIELD PARK, MARESFIELD, TN22 2BW
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1662/P02
CHANGE OF USE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO FARM SHOP AND RESTAURANT
BIRCHDEN FARM, BROADWATER FOREST LANE, BROADWATER FOREST, GROOMBRIDGE, TN3 9NR
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0205/TPO
CROWN LIFT 4 OAK TREES BY 8M WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 13, 1991
61 SPRINGWOOD ROAD, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8JX
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0291/CD
DISCHARGE OF SCHEDULE 1, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 3 OF THE LEGAL 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.) RELATING TO THE APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE OF 231 NO. NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS).
LAND AT SUMMERHILL, WEST OF ERSHAM ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0898/LB
GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR ARRAY
MARKLYE, MARKLYE LANE, RUSHLAKE GREEN, TN21 9PN
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0774/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCA 30M PATHWAY OF 3M IN WIDTH FROM GATE TO STABLES TO ALLOW VEHICLE ACCESS TO DELIVER FEED, HAY AND WATER TO GRAZING HORSES, TOGETHER WITH HARDSTANDING SURROUNDING THE STABLES TO ALLOW UNLOADING/PARKING.
LAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF NURSERY LANE, MARESFIELD, TN22 3BD
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1788/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2, 3 AND 4 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0816/F
YEW TREE FARM, YEW TREE LANE, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3QP
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1488/LDP
DEMOLISION OF SEVERAL SHEDS AND GARAGE, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GARAGE WITH GUEST ACCOMMODATION AND SEPARATE GYM.
WOODBURN HOUSE, LONDON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1TB
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1864/F
REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING DILAPIDATED TRADE KITCHEN COOKLINE EXTRACT FLUE AND AIR INTAKE, 2NO. ENTRANCE PLAQUE SIGNS, 2NO. ELECTRIC CHARGING BAYS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO DISABLED CUSTOMER PARKING.
THE GRIFFIN, HIGH STREET, FLETCHING, TN22 3SS
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0077/TPO
REDUCE BRANCHES OF ONE LAWSON CYPRESS, ONE REDWOOD AND ONE WESTERN RED CEDAR BY UP TO 2M TO APPROXIMATELY 0.5M FROM THE HIGHWAY WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO 38. 1986
HOLMEWOOD, NEWICK LANE, MAYFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN20 6RB
Received 7 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0080/F
PROPOSED SWIMMING POOL EXTENSION TO EXISTING GAMES ROOM WITH SERVICES SHED
LITTLE DUDSLAND, LEWES ROAD, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0TA
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1022/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2024/2049/LB
COOPERS GREEN HOUSE, BUXTED ROAD, COOPERS GREEN, TN22 4AT
Received 16 Apr 2025
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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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