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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 dates10,035Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 6,793 approved or refused records
961Refused applications
5,832 approved · 961 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Allocated to OfficerWD/2026/1453/F
FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION
COLUMBINE, GREEN LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2BX
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0979/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARDEN ROOM. CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION, FENESTRATION AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
23 ASHDOWN CLOSE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DF
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2801/F
EXTERNAL CLADDING TO EXISTING FACADES
1 COOPERS WOOD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1SW
Received 14 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1242/F
SINGLE STOREY KITCHEN EXTENSION, DOUBLE STOREY PORCH EXTENSION AND NEW ROOF LIGHT TO EXISTING PROPERTY. REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING 1.5 STOREY WORKSHOP OUTBUILDING WITH MUSIC STUDIO AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE STOREY POOL HOUSE.
ROSEMOUNT, HOWBOURNE LANE, BUXTED, TN22 4QD
Received 11 May 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0111/PD
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WHICH WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE REAR WALL OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE BY 3.38M, FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 2.95M, AND FOR WHICH THE HEIGHT OF THE EAVES WOULD BE 2.95M.
26 SAUNDERS CLOSE, UCKFIELD, TN22 2BX
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1673/PD
PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WHICH WOULD EXTEND BEYOND THE REAR WALL OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE BY 3.50M, FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 4.00M, AND FOR WHICH THE HEIGHT OF THE EAVES WOULD BE 2.60M.
105 LANSDOWNE DRIVE, HAILSHAM, BN27 1LP
Received 18 Jul 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2557/LDE
COMMENCEMENT OF WORKS INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF STORMWATER DRAINAGE, INSPECTION CHAMBERS AND FORMATION OF PILING MAT TO THE NEW DWELLING
TYLEBROOK FARM, PRIORY ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5HR
Received 7 Nov 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0097/POD
DISCHARGE OF SCHEDULE 4(1) OF THE SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 27 AUGUST 2025 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/2022/2372/MAJ (RESIDENTIAL USE AND PARTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER ASHDOWN HOUSE SCHOOL, INCLUDING 1) PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ACCRETIONS, AND EXTENSION, ALTERATION AND CONVERSION OF ASHDOWN HOUSE TO RESIDENTIAL USE (TOTAL 6 NO. UNITS); 2) DEMOLITION AND PARTIAL DEMOLITION, EXTENSION AND REPLACEMENT OF DETACHED FREE-STANDING BUILDINGS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE (TOTAL 16 NO. UNITS); 3) ERECTION OF 14 NO. DWELLINGHOUSES; 4) RETENTION, REFURBISHMENT AND REORGANISATION OF EXISTING 11 NO. DWELLINGS AS 9 NO. DWELLINGS. SCHEME TOTALLING 45 NO. PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS INCLUDING RETAINED EXISTING DWELLINGS, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS (PHASED DEVELOPMENT)).
FORMER ASHDOWN HOUSE SCHOOL, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5JY
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1894/FA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 3 OF WD/2022/2110/F (ERECTION OF A SINGLE AND TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION) FOUNDATION TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF 500M EXCLUSION ZONE OF A FOUL SEWER
66 STREATFIELD ROAD, UCKFIELD, TN22 2BQ
Received 21 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2773/F
PROPOSED REAR EXTENSION AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS
15 DYMCHURCH CLOSE, POLEGATE BN26 6ND
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0968/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 6, 8, 9 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/1799/MAJ
KILNWOOD FARM, POTMANS LANE, LUNSFORD CROSS, NINFIELD TN39 5JL
Received 9 Apr 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2026/0044/TPO
WORK TO ONE OAK TREE AND TWO BEECH TREES BY REDUCING BRANCHES BY 2/3M AND LIFT LOWER CROWN BY 2/3M WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (CROWBOROUGH) NO 15, 1990
WARREN COTTAGE, GREEN LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2DF
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Appeal LodgedWD/2025/2507/F
ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, INCLUDING PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR SHOWER ROOM WITH EXTENDED LOFT SPACE DORMER TO ACCOMMODATE, MINOR ROOF/ELEVATION ALTERATION TO SUIT, NEW DOUBLE GARAGE TO REPLACE EXISTING.
THE OLD GOLF HOUSE, CHAPEL LANE, FOREST ROW, RH18 5ND
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1149/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 4, 5, 9, 10 AND 33 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/0410/MAO.
LAND OFF EASTBOURNE ROAD, UCKFIELD
Received 14 May 2024 - Appeal LodgedWD/2026/0777/F
PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF SITE TO PROVIDE 2 NO. DWELLINGS TO THE FRONT OF THE SITE AND A NEW BUILDING TO THE REAR CONSISTING OF 2 NO. FLATS.
ADAMS WORKSHOP, MARKET STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 2AE
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0706/LB
INSTALL SECONDARY GLAZING BEHIND EXISTING WINDOWS.
BANK HOUSE, 8 HIGH STREET, EAST HOATHLY, BN8 6EB
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0601/F
DEMOLITION OF OUTBUILDING AND ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY LINKED OUTBUILDING ON NORTH-EAST SIDE OF DWELLING
THE OAKLANDS, HEMPSTEAD LANE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3PR
Received 10 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2016/F
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY PITCHED ROOF GARAGE AND GARDEN STORE WITH 6 x SOLAR PANELS
CLOCK HOUSE, ERIDGE ROAD, GROOMBRIDGE, TN3 9NJ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1359/F
REMOVAL OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND LEAN TO AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION.
2 THE COTTAGES, GODDENSFIELD, DURGATES, WADHURST, TN5 6DD
Received 3 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedTM/2023/0216/TCA
REDUCE BRANCHES OF ONE SILVER BIRCH (T1) TOUCHING GARAGE ROOF BY UP TO 3M AND THIN CROWN OF ONE SILVER BIRCH (T2) BY 5% SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED (MAYFIELD) CONSERVATION AREA, OCTOBER 1969/ MARCH 2017
THE OAST AND LAND ADJOINING IN LITTLE ORCHARD, FLETCHING STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6TN
Received 11 Sept 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2324/F
PROPOSED SINGLE-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING GARAGE FLAT ROOF WITH PITCHED ROOF
3 THE BEACHINGS, PEVENSEY BAY, BN24 6JF
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0254/F
ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORE
FIELD ENTRANCE APPROX 65M EAST FROM JUNCTION WHERE MONKS LANE MEETS NEWBURY LANE
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1062/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3, 6, 7, 8, AND 9 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/1277/F.
LAND WEST OF HURSTBROOK HOUSE, THORNHILL, ASHURST WOOD, RH19 3SL
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1197/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 18 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/0596/MAO.
BROOK VIEW, LAND NORTH OF WALSHES ROAD (PHASE 2), CROWBOROUGH
Received 21 May 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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