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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.
5,780 approved · 954 refused · 564 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
LAND NORTH OF RATTLE ROAD, WESTHAM, BN24 5DT
Received 15 May 2025LAND AT SOUTH STREET, EAST HOATHLY, BN8 6DS
Received 9 Dec 2025BREWERY COTTAGE, NORFOLK WAY, UCKFIELD, TN22 1EP
Received 7 Feb 2024HURSTWOOD FARM, ROYAL OAK LANE, HIGH HURSTWOOD, TN22 4AN
Received 22 Feb 202470 OAKLANDS, WESTHAM, BN24 5AW
Received 13 Mar 2025MOUSEHALL GARDENERS COTTAGE, TIDEBROOK ROAD, WADHURST, TN5 6PG
Received 6 Sept 2024YARD TO REAR OF UNIT 7, HACKHURST LANE, LOWER DICKER, BN27 4BW
Received 15 May 20269 PIPIT MEADOW, UCKFIELD, TN22 5NG
Received 22 Nov 2023CLOVELLY, TANYARD LANE, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7LX
Received 25 Mar 2024FAIRHAVEN, FLETCHING STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6TH
Received 3 Oct 2023LAND ADJACENT TO THE RECREATION GROUND, BLACKBOYS, TN22 5LR
Received 26 Feb 2025IWOOD PLACE, IWOOD LANE, WARBLETON TN21 9QT
Received 20 Dec 2024LAND SOUTH OF GOLDEN JUBILEE WAY, EASTBOURNE, BN22 0XB
Received 25 Sept 2023SLEECHES FARMHOUSE, FOWLEY LANE, HIGH HURSTWOOD, BUXTED, TN22 4BQ
Received 21 Aug 202614 CHURCHFIELDS, NUTLEY, TN22 3NA
Received 20 Jul 2023WILLOWPOOL, SLUICE LANE, PEVENSEY, BN24 5JW
Received 7 Jun 202333 SUNSTAR LANE, POLEGATE, BN26 5HS
Received 24 Feb 2026BOARS HEAD GOLF CLUB, ERIDGE ROAD, BOARS HEAD, TN6 3HD
Received 10 Nov 2023OLD MILL, NEWICK LANE, MAYFIELD, TN20 6RF
Received 20 Jun 2025LILAC COTTAGE, WILDERNESS LANE, HADLOW DOWN, TN22 4HU
Received 1 Jun 20239 GIBRALTER RISE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8HL
Received 24 Feb 2025HELLINGLY COMMUNITY HUB, THE DRIVE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4EP
Received 26 Mar 2026POLLARDS COTTAGE, COLDHARBOUR ROAD, UPPER DICKER, EAST SUSSEX, BN27 3QB
Received 22 Mar 2024HEATHFIELD PARK, SCHOOL HILL, OLD HEATHFIELD, TN21 8RL
Received 16 Oct 2024Records 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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