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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 dates9,604Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,466 approved or refused records
923Refused applications
5,543 approved · 923 refused · 541 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 IssuedTM/2025/0155/TPO
CROWN REDUCE X1 OAK TREE BY 0.5M-1M IN HEIGHT AND 2M-3M IN WIDTH WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (HAILSHAM) NO 63, 1991
LAND AT HOLLY CLOSE, HAILSHAM BN27 3TR
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0079/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2042/LB
STREAM COTTAGE, WENBANS LANE, WADHURST, TN5 6NR
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2880/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 5 ATTACHED TO WD/2024/2707/RM
CHERRY TREES, TUBWELL LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3RH
Received 22 Dec 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/2743/FR
PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE DETACHED DWELLING (CLASS C3) WITH DETACHED GARAGE, CYCLE STORAGE AND LANDSCAPING. PROVISION OF DRIVEWAY TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DWELLING WITH RETAINED VEHICULAR ACCESS PROVIDED ONTO BEACON ROAD.
LAND TO REAR OF BEACONGATE, BEACON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1AZ
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1099/F
INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, RELOCATION OF FRONT DOOR, ALTERATIONS TO REAR ACCESS STEPS, DORMER ALTERATIONS AND NEW ROOFLIGHT, FENESTRATION ALTERATIONS, GARAGE ALTERATIONS AND FRONT ENTRANCE CANOPY
BRAMBLESIDE, HIGHLANDS AVENUE, UCKFIELD, TN22 5TD
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0298/F
REMOVAL OF EXISTING GARAGE AND REPLACEMENT WITH OAK FRAME GARAGE WITH SOLAR PANELS.
WOODSTOCK, HORNEY COMMON ROAD, MARESFIELD, UCKFIELD TN22 3EA
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0555/MRM
RESERVED MATTERS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT AND SCALE) PURSUANT TO WD/2021/2056/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 55 DWELLINGS INCLUDING DETAILS OF ACCESS (WITH ALL OTHER MATTERS RESERVED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION)).
LAND WEST OF NORTH STREET, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, BN27 4DR
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2023/0221/TPO
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER TPO/2009/0020
WINTER PLACE, THE WARREN, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1UE
Received 15 Sept 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0795/F
REMOVAL OF BALCONY AND INSTALLATION OF JULIET BALCONY
THE OAKS, COUSLEY WOOD ROAD, WADHURST, TN5 6DX
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1836/LB
REPAIRS AND REFURBISHMENT OF TWO STOREY WINDOWS AND FIRST FLOOR ORIEL ON REAR SOUTH ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE (RE SUBMISSION FOLLOWING WD/2023/2274/LB)
LEEDS MEADE, LEEDS LANE, FIVE ASHES, TN20 6JX
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0089/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF WD/2024/2895/F (SITING OF GLAMPING PODS AT NORTH EAST END OF GILDRIDGE) TO ALLOW FOR AMENDED GLAMPING POD DESIGN.
GILDRIDGE, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JD
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0842/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 26 Mar 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2023/2718/F
RETROFIT OF INSULATION TO BARN WALLS, FLOOR AND ROOF; ENLARGEMENT OF 1 NUMBER EXISTING DOORWAY; 1 NUMBER NEWLY PROPOSED DOORWAY; 1 NUMBER REPLACEMENT DOOR; ADDITION OF AN AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP AND NEW EXTERNAL STEPS. ALL TO THE EXISTING BARN AT HOBBS BARTON (RESIDENTIAL USE EXISTING AND ESTABLISHED).
HOBBS BARTON, STREELE LANE, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5RY
Received 3 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1577/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2022/1505/MRM (RESERVED MATTERS PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PERMISSION WD/2019/1864/MAO (THE ERECTION OF UP TO 100 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE PROVISION OF VEHICULAR, PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ACCESS FROM STATION ROAD, INCORPORATING OPEN SPACES, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EARTHWORKS)) TO VARY CONDITION 13
CUCKOO FIELDS AND ERSHAM PARK, LAND SOUTH OF HAILSHAM, HAILSHAM, BN27 3PN
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0700/LDP
USE OF DWELLING FOR THERAPEUTIC RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME
12 HIGH STREET, WESTHAM, BN24 5LY
Received 18 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0020/F
PROPOSED DORMER WINDOW, CONSERVATION ROOFLIGHTS AND CHANGES IN FENESTRATION.
BRITTENDEN, BRITTENDEN LANE, WALDRON, TN21 0RG
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1716/LB
REPLACEMENT OF 2NR METAL FRAMED, GLAZED GROUND FLOOR SLIDING DOORS WITH UPVC DOUBLE GLAZED SLIDING DOORS TO MATCH EXISTING APERTURE.
THE VICARAGE, HIGH STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6AB
Received 4 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1938/F
ERECTION OF A TIMBER-FRAMED CAR PORT TO FRONT OF PROPERTY, APPROXIMATELY IN LINE WITH THE GARAGE ON THE BUILDING LINE, AT THE FRONTAGE OF SUNDALE.
SUNNY NOOK, ROSELANDS AVENUE, MAYFIELD, EAST SUSSEX, TN20 6EB.
Received 27 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0024/TPO
CUT BACK BRANCHES AND LIMBS BY 6-8FT AND REDUCE HEIGHT BY 6-8FT OF T1 OAK TREE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER NO2, 1981
13 STREATFIELD GARDENS, STREATFIELD ROAD, HEATHFIED, TN21 8LW
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1188/F
CONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR ACCESS ONTO THE A267.
SUNSET FARM, HEATHFIELD ROAD, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0UJ
Received 20 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1655/F
PROPOSED SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
11 HOUGHTON WAY, HELLINGLY, BN27 4DE
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1582/F
PROPOSED REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING WINDOWS TO EXTERNAL DOORS, IN KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING HOUSE AND CHANGES TO THE CURRENT PATIO LAYOUT ALONG WITH NEW PROPOSED SHED, PERGOLA & WALL.
DAIRY HOUSE, THE DRIVE, MARESFIELD PARK, MARESFIELD, TN22 2HD
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1730/LB
CONVERSION AND CHANGE OF USE OF THE SUNDIAL RESTAURANT INTO TWO DWELLINGS.
THE SUNDIAL RESTAURANT, GARDNER STREET, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4LA
Received 6 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0137/CC
VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF PLANNING PERMISSION WD/3252/CC TO REMOVE ALL OBLIGATIONS CONCERNING AN ON-SITE PARKING PROVISION FOR DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP (THE "KISS AND DROP") AT BURFIELD ACADEMY.
BURFIELD ACADEMY, OAKLANDS WAY, HAILSHAM, BN27 3NW
Received 18 Jan 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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