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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 dates9,973Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,746 approved or refused records
957Refused applications
5,789 approved · 957 refused · 567 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decision IssuedWD/2024/1345/F
INSTALL A 3M WIDE BY 5M DEEP WOODEN CABIN IN THE REAR GARDEN BEHIND CARPORT.
4 FERN GROVE, HAILSHAM, BN27 2FF
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1437/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION, FRONT PORCH, INGLENOOK FIREPLACE WITH CHANGE OF SINGLE STOREY ROOF TILES TO SLATE, PLAIN TILE HANGING AND WHITE RENDER TO WALLS. FEATHEREDGE TO PORCH.
MEADOWSIDE, EASTBOURNE ROAD, UCKFIELD, TN22 5QW
Received 1 Jun 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0877/PD
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WHICH WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE REAR WALL OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE BY 6M, FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 2.80M, AND FOR WHICH THE HEIGHT OF THE EAVES WOULD BE 2.80M.
97 OBSERVATORY VIEW, HAILSHAM, BN27 2HQ
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2897/F
PROPOSED CONVERSION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY TO HABITABLE GARDEN ROOM, PROVISION OF A GLAZED VERANDA AND ASSOCIATED WORKS OF ALTERATION.
8 REGNUM CLOSE, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN22 0XH
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2025/2521/F
EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED BUILDING, WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE SPRING FARM HOUSE, TO PROVIDE AN ANNEXE WITH LIVING AND GARAGE ACCOMMODATION.
SPRING FARM, SPRING LANE, FIVE ASHES, TN20 6LD
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0909/F
ERECTION SINGLE-STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO REPLACE EXISTING CONSERVATORY.
32 SEVEN SISTERS ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN22 0RH
Received 5 May 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0136/LB
REPLACEMENT OF ONE TOP FLOOR SASH TIMBER WINDOW THAT IS BEYOND REPAIR
THE OLD POSTHOUSE, HIGH STREET, WADHURST, TN5 6AA
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2800/F
CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING WORKSHOP INTO A TWO-BEDROOM HOLIDAY LET.
THE FORGE, SWANSBROOK LANE, HORAM TN21 0LD
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2751/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 OF WD/2022/1163/F
7 SOUTH STREET, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3LP
Received 8 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2728/MAJ
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND REPLACEMENT WITH A WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH THE ENLARGEMENT OF AN EXISTING CAR PARK.
HOUSE OF PLANTS, WELLBROOK HILL, MAYFIELD, TN20 6HJ
Received 6 Nov 2023 - Appeal LodgedWD/2024/0206/F
ERECTION OF DWELLING.
THE CEDARS, LONDON ROAD, UCKFIELD, TN22 1HY
Received 29 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0003/TCA
T1 ASH TREE TO BE FELLED, DUE TO ASH DIE BACK, TREE IS IN DECLINE SHOWING LOTS OF DEAD WOOD AND POOR CANOPY GROWTH. THE TREE IS ON THE BOUNDARY POSING A RISK TO PEDESTRIANS AND CARS THAT PASS UNDER.
GREENWOOD, HIGH STREET, FRANT, TN3 9DR
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1734/LDP
PROPOSED EXTERNAL WORKS COMPRISING EXTENDED PATIO ADJACENT TO EXISTING PAVILION AND ADDITIONAL HARD-SURFACED AREA TO CAR PARK AND ACCESS TO ENLARGE EXISTING.
PEVENSEY RECREATION GROUND, WALLSEND ROAD, PEVENSEY
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0720/LDB
REPOINT AND REPAIR CHIMNEY STACK
PRIMROSE COTTAGE, 3 HIGH STREET, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3LL
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2765/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2022/2385/F (INSTALLATION OF A SIPHON CONTROL KIOSK) MINOR CHANGES TO THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SIPHON CONTROL KIOSK (NOW KNOWN AS THE REMOTE KIOSK).
LAND AT BEWL WATER RESERVOIR, BEWLBRIDGE LANE, LAMBERHURST TN3 8JH
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2024/0161/TPO
WORK AS PER SCHEDULE WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (ARLINGTON) NO ,1995
ORCHARD HOUSE, COLDHARBOUR ROAD, UPPER DICKER, EAST SUSSEX, BN27 3QD
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2390/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 6, 7 AND 8 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/2372/MAJ
ASHDOWN HOUSE SCHOOL, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5JY
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2937/CD
DISCHARGE OF SCHEDULE 7 OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 14 AUGUST 2019 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/2017/0615/MAO (OUTLINE APPLICATION FOR UP TO 100 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REDUNDANT AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, PROVISION OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS AND FOOTWAYS, OPEN SPACE, SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING).
LAND NORTH OF WALSHES ROAD (PHASE 1), CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3RE
Received 28 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2224/PO
DISCHARGE OF SECTION 52 AGREEMENT DATED 12 FEBRUARY 1990 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/1989/2490/F (ERECT 2 NO. 3 BEDROOM SEMIS & 2 SELF/CONTAINED BEDSITS).
FORMER ASHDOWN HOUSE SCHOOL, FOREST ROW, RH18 5JY
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/1131/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT EXTENSION TO CREATE W.C/CLOAKROOM, INCLUDING ADDITION OF TWO ROOF WINDOWS IN EXISTING ROOF SLOPE AND ALTERATIONS TO FOUL AND RAINWATER PIPES.
THE OLD VICARAGE, BELL LANE, NUTLEY, TN22 3PD
Received 6 May 2025 - Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/0234/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF BROKEN CLADDING ON BARN TOGETHER WITH INSTALLATION OF 4 NO. ROLLER SHUTTER DOORS, AND REPLACEMENT OF FENCING AND SURFACING TO DRIVE.
BIRCHDEN, PARK CORNER, GROOMBRIDGE, TN3 9NL
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1837/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE TWO OUTBUILDINGS. APPLYING FOR 3 YEARS TEMPORARY PERMISSION
CROUCH FARM, HEADSTART, CROUCH LANE, NINFIELD, TN33 9EG
Received 18 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedTM/2023/0245/TPO
CROWN LIFT GARDEN FACING LIMBS OF APPROXIMATLY 6 OAK TREES BY 3M WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (POLEGATE) NO 41, 1991.
37 THE SIDINGS, POLEGATE BN26 6GA
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/1422/LB
RENOVATIONS, ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO LISTED BUILDING
PARSONAGE FARM, TOP ROAD, HOOE, TN33 9HD
Received 10 Jun 2025
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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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