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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.
5,700 approved · 944 refused · 559 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
5 FAIRFIELD, HERSTMONCEUX BN27 4NE
Received 11 Nov 2025DOWN COTTAGE, TOMPSETS BANK, FOREST ROW, RH18 5BG
Received 6 Jun 20236 KINGS MARSH COTTAGES, MAYFIELD ROAD, FIVE ASHES, TN20 6JE
Received 14 Mar 2024HEAVERS MILL, UPTONS MILL LANE, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5QQ
Received 26 Jun 2025THE HINDLANDS, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 20 Dec 2023GRASSMERE, PARK ROAD, HELLINGLY, BN27 4ET
Received 30 Mar 2026CHELWORTH HOUSE, SANDY LANE, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7JZ
Received 13 Nov 20238 BOCKING CLOSE, WADHURST TN5 6HZ
Received 14 Dec 20232 MILLBROOK ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, EAST SUSSEX, TN6 2RT
Received 17 Jul 202348 BEECHES ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2BD
Received 14 Jul 2023PINEWOOD, BALFOUR GARDENS, FOREST ROW, RH18 5LJ
Received 28 May 2024CROWN HOUSE, SHAM FARM ROAD, ERIDGE GREEN, TN3 9JD
Received 20 Nov 2025THE WOODLAND CENTRE, VEOLIA ES SOUTH DOWNS LTD, WHITESMITH, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6JB
Received 7 Aug 2025HASTINGFORD FISHERY, HASTINGFORD LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4DY
Received 2 Sept 20242 HARTWELL COTTAGES, BUTCHERFIELD LANE, HARTFIELD, TN7 4JS
Received 5 Dec 2023UNION POINT, C J THORNE AND CO LTD, EASTBOURNE ROAD, RIDGEWOOD, UCKFIELD, TN22 5SS
Received 10 Jun 2025VILLIERS, BUCKLAND HILL LANE, WADHURST TN5 6RA
Received 4 Dec 2024LAND SOUTH OF SANDY CROSS LANE AND EAST OF MONKHURST HOUSE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8QR
Received 18 Jul 2024THE GRIFFIN, HIGH STREET, FLETCHING, TN22 3SS
Received 12 Aug 2024MILLBROOK GARDEN CENTRE, TUBWELL LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3RJ
Received 25 Apr 2024STONE HOUSE, THE GREEN, FRANT, TN3 9DN
Received 10 Jul 20265 MARKET SQUARE, HAILSHAM, BN27 1AQ
Received 27 Apr 202639 UPPER CLOSE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DS
Received 11 Sept 2023FUCHSIA COTTAGE, DENBIGH ROAD, HOOE, TN33 9EU
Received 1 Aug 2023Records 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.
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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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