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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 dates9,770Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,590 approved or refused records
938Refused applications
5,652 approved · 938 refused · 554 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0061/F
NEW THREE BAY GARAGE INCLUDING SECURE STORE WITH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION IN THE ROOF VOID
PEKES FARM, NASH STREET, CHIDDINGLY, BN27 4AD
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0714/LDP
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND REAR DORMER EXTENSION TO LOFT
25 CORNMILL GARDENS, WANNOCK, WILLINGDON, BN26 5NJ
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1980/LBR
REMOVAL OF EXISTING WEATHERBOARD TO FRONT ELEVATION, REPAIR OF THE TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION TO THE UPPER FLOORS AND REINSTATEMENT OF EXISTING WEATHERBOARD (WHERE SOUND), ANY DEFICIT MADE UP OF NEW TIMBER TO MATCH EXISTING ON A LIKE FOR LIKE BASIS (PART RETROSPECTIVE).
SHORTBRIDGE MILL, SHORTBRIDGE ROAD, PILTDOWN, TN22 3XA
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Application WithdrawnWD/2024/0481/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 4 OF WD/2023/2165/FR (PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR ERECTION OF A NEW BUILDING AS A DISABILITY CENTRE FOR DEMENTIA CARE.) TO BROADEN THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF CLASS E.
PEPPERS, AMBERSTONE, HAILSHAM, BN27 1PQ
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1853/F
SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION WITH PITCHED ROOF
1 WILLOW AVENUE, HAILSHAM, BN27 1TH
Received 18 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1020/F
PROPOSED DETACHED OAK FRAMED GARAGE.
BRECON, FIVE ASH DOWN, UCKFIELD, TN22 3AP
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0423/F
GARAGE CONVERSION TO FORM ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION TOGETHER WITH REMOVAL OF CONSERVATORY TO FRONT AND REPLACEMENT WITH EXTENSION.
33 MARSHFOOT LANE, HAILSHAM, BN27 2RB
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1557/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY FRONT AND TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.
8 LASHBROOKS ROAD, UCKFIELD, TN22 2AY
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2211/F
REPLACEMENT WINDOWS TO FRONT ELEVATION AND REPAVING TO FRONT AREA IN A CONSERVATION AREA.
4 BRECON TERRACE, CHURCH ROAD, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3LE
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0015/LB
DEMOLITION OF A CONSERVATORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION
VICARAGE COTTAGE, VICARAGE LANE, HELLINGLY BN27 4HB
Received 2 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0191/TCA
T1 - BEECH TO REDUCE HEIGHT BY 3METRES TO SUITABLE GROWTH POINTS. T2 AND T3 - HOLLY TO CUT DOWN STEM TO SOURCE POINT. (1FT FROM GROUND, LEAVING STEMS IN HEDGE INTACT).
1 KERRIDGES YARD, GEORGE STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 1AE
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2322/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 12 ATTACHED TO WD/2025/1458/MFA
LAND EAST OF ROSEMEAD, HOREBEECH LANE, HORAM, TN21 9EA
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2806/PD
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WHICH WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE REAR WALL OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE BY 4M, FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 3.05M, AND FOR WHICH THE HEIGHT OF THE EAVES WOULD BE 2.55M.
31 SHEPHAM LANE, POLEGATE, BN26 6NA
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1275/LDP
MOBILE HOME
TRESCO, MARSHLANDS LANE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8EY
Received 31 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2150/LDP
ERECTION OF OUTBUILDING TO BE USED FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL TO THE DWELLING (STORAGE AND HOME GYM)
3 GOODWOOD CLOSE, WILLINGDON, BN20 9JF
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1241/LDE
SITING OF A MOBILE HOME FOR THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL USE FOR THE CURRENT OCCUPANT
KIOWA AND LAND ADJACENT, STATION ROAD, BUXTED, TN22 4DP
Received 19 May 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2304/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2024/1487/FR (PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF PART OF EXISTING UNAUTHORISED BALCONY TO CREATE AN ACCESS PLATFORM TO ACCOMMODATE NEWLY INSTALLED BI-FOLD DOORS (RE-SUBMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED APPLICATION WD/2023/2084/FR)) TO ENCLOSE THE FRONT AND SIDES OF THE RAISED PLATFORM.
NEW FARM HOUSE, STOCKLANDS LANE, HADLOW DOWN, UCKFIELD, TN22 4EA
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0204/TPO
PRUNING WORKS AS PER SCHEDULE ALONG FOOTPATH TO AT LEAST 2.4 METRES AND OVER ROAD TO AT LEAST 5.2 METRES WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER TPO/2022/0009
WOODLAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ST JOHNS ROAD, BETWEEN ST JOHNS CLOSE AND GOLDSMITHS AVENUE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1RR
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2683/CD
DISCHARGE OF PARAGRAPHS 1 & 2, SCHEDULE 4 OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 16 MARCH 2021 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/2020/0700/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF UP TO 50 DWELLINGS).
LAND SOUTH OF FRAMFIELD ROAD, BLACKBOYS
Received 21 Nov 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0155/TPO
T51 - CHERRY, FELL TO GROUND. T52 - ASH, FELL TO GROUND 3 STEMS. HOLLY, FELL TO GROUND. T53 - CHERRY, FELL TO GROUND. REMOVE DEADWOOD FROM T20, T31, T77
WOODLAND WEST OF PAYNE CLOSE UNDER TPO2011/0017 NEAR POST CODE TN6 2FH
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1804/LDP
SINGLE STOREY SCHOOL ZOO AND CLASSROOM BUILDING
ST BEDES SCHOOL, CAMBERLOT ROAD, UPPER DICKER, BN27 3QH
Received 7 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1706/F
REMOVAL OF EXISTING SINGLE STORY EXTENSION AND DOUBLE GARAGE. REPLACING WITH A 2 STORY EXTENSION AND INTEGRAL DOUBLE GARAGE WITH BEDROOMS ABOVE
WOODLAND COTTAGE, ST JOHNS ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1RT
Received 4 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1880/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/2541/F
ROSE COTTAGE, COMMON LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6BX
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1210/LDE
THE APPLICATION SEEKS A CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR THE EXISTING, CONTINUOUS, AND UNINTERRUPTED USE OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL CURTILAGE (AS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE ATTACHED SITE LOCATION PLAN) AS A COMMERCIAL CHILDREN’S DAY NURSERY.
EMMANUEL CHURCH, CHURCH HALL, HAWKSWOOD ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 1UN
Received 17 Jun 2026
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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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