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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 dates9,879Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,675 approved or refused records
950Refused applications
5,725 approved · 950 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Application WithdrawnWD/2024/0321/F
ERECTION OF 2 NO. POLYTUNNELS.
PARK FARM PLANTS, WEAVERS BROOK LANE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8QS
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0027/TPO
WORKS TO 1 X OAK (T10) AND GROUP (G1) TO REMOVE ALL EPICORMIC GROWTH, REDUCE CROWNS BY 2-3M AND CROWN THIN BY 25%. TREES WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (UCKFIELD) NO 19/5, 1990
11 THE JAYS, UCKFIELD, TN22 5YG
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0707/LDP
LOFT CONVERSION WITH REAR DORMER AND ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT
LUXMOORE, HAILSHAM ROAD, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8ES
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0222/FR
TO REPLACE EXISTING CLOSED BOARD GATES WITH LOWER SOFTWOOD GATES
31 PELHAM CLOSE, WESTHAM, BN24 5NL
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1714/F
CONVERSION OF A STABLE BLOCK TO A SELF BUILD DWELLING. ASSOCIATED CHANGE OF USE OF A SMALL AREA OF LAND TO RESIDENTIAL CURTILAGE.
OLD GRANARY FARM, OSMERS HILL, WADHURST, TN5 6QL
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0876/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)
WILD WEALD CAMPSITE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CINDERFORD CAMPING, OLD BARN FARM, CINDERFORD LANE, HELLINGLY BN27 4HL
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1593/LB
REPLACEMENT OF SELECTED WINDOWS ON WEST ELEVATION
CARPENTERS, CHURCH STREET, OLD HEATHFIELD, TN21 9AH
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2025/0067/TPO
POLLARD ONE WILLOW TREE TO LEAVE A FINISHED HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 6M ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (HEATHFIELD) NO 17, 1982
25 HAWTHORNE CLOSE, HEATHFIELD TN21 8HP
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1911/F
REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY, SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, PART GARAGE CONVERSION, NEW GROUND FLOOR SIDE WINDOW AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
5 GREENACRES DRIVE, HAILSHAM, BN27 2PU
Received 21 Sept 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2780/FR
PART RETROSPECTIVE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING GARDEN ANNEXE CONSISTING OF EXTENSION 1 THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED TO THE NORTH ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING AND EXTENSION 2 ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
2 DOG COTTAGES, THORNHILL, ASHURST WOOD, RH19 3SL
Received 10 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2392/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2021/1971/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR THE CONVERSION OF FORMER DRILL HALL TO FORM 5 RESIDENTIAL FLATS AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS INCLUDING REMOVAL OF MODERN EXTENSIONS AND INSERTION OF NEW DORMER WINDOWS. DEMOLITION OF REMAINING BUILDINGS AND REPLACEMENT WITH 29 NEW BUILD RESIDENTIAL FLATS AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS ALTERATIONS, CAR PARKING, REFUSE AND CYCLE STORAGE. ALL MATTERS TO BE DETERMINED EXCEPT LANDSCAPING.) TO ALLOW PHASING OF DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBMITTED PLAN 3071-11 REVISION DATE 16/10/2025.
STURTON PLACE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, STATION ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 2AU
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0104/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 7, 12, 13 AND 14 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/0594/MEA.
THE HINDLANDS, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0631/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 14 OF WD/2023/1343/F (PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING APPROVED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING AND GARAGE, AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING, GARAGE AND ATTACHED GARDEN MACHINERY STORE, WASTE BIN RECYCLING AND CYCLE STORE AND SOLAR PANELS TO NEW HOUSE ROOF) TO REMOVE THE BASEMENT FROM THE APPROVED PLAN AND ADD A STORE ROOM IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE PLANT
HIGH FIELDS, LAMPOOL ROAD, MARESFIELD, TN22 3DT
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Application WithdrawnTM/2025/0234/TPO
FELL TO GROUND LEVEL ONE CONIFER WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (CROWBOROUGH) NO 33, 1980
ROTHERFIELD LODGE, BEACON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH,TN6 1UQ
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2199/LB
CONVERSION OF STABLE TO DWELLING, NEW GARDEN AND PARKING.
RENBY OAST, FORGE ROAD, ERIDGE, TN3 9LG
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1659/F
PROPOSED ROOM IN THE ROOF WITH DORMERS TO FRONT AND REAR
1 LANSDOWNE COTTAGES, NEVILL ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2RE
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/0881/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 4 (DETAILS OF SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE) ATTACHED TO WD/2025/0440/MAJ
STAVERTON NURSERY, EASTBOURNE ROAD, HALLAND, BN8 6PU
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1698/F
CONTRUCTION OF WING EXTENSION TO NORTH BLOCK BARN INCLUDING FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION FOR USE OF THE STAFF AND PROVIDING GENERAL OFFICE SPACE, TWO SMALL MEETING ROOMS, RESOURCE STORAGE, TEA AREA AND TOILET
STEP BY STEP SCHOOL, NEYLANDS FARM, GRINSTEAD LANE, FOREST ROW, RH19 4HP
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1864/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2022/3146/F(ERECTION OF 4 TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH ALL NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE.) TO ALLOW FOR A CHANGE TO THE FENESTRATION AND ROOF FORM OF THE REAR SINGLE STOREY PROJECTION TO DETACHED HOUSE PLOT NO 4.
LAND WEST OF CHURCH LANE, LAUGHTON, BN8 6AH
Received 4 Aug 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1112/LDE
CONTINUED USE OF CONVERTED GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM
27 WALNUT WALK, POLEGATE, BN26 5AJ
Received 9 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1495/FR
USE OF ANNEXE ACCOMMODATION FOR SELF-CONTAINED SHORT TERM LETS AND CONTINUED ANCILLARY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO THE MAIN HOUSE.
LOVERS FARMHOUSE, CHURCH FARM LANE, CHALVINGTON, BN27 3TD
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2774/F
INSTALLATION OF AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY IN THE BACK GARDEN ADJACENT TO THE REAR WALL OF THE PROPERTY. DIMENSIONS: H = 770 X W= 1250 X D= 362 MODEL: EDLA08E3V3
30 HARCOURT CLOSE, UCKFIELD, TN22 5DT
Received 10 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0753/D
DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY TIMBER FRAMED AND TIMBER CLAD BUILDING AND SEVEN OUTDOOR TIMBER FRAMED ANIMAL ENCLOSURES.
ST BEDES SCHOOL, CAMBERLOT ROAD, UPPER DICKER, BN27 3QH
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2904/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 8, 11, 20, 21 AND 22 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/0573/MAO
LAND AT OLD NURSERY HOUSE, THE STREET, FRAMFIELD TN22 5PN
Received 19 Dec 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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