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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wealden District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,864 approved · 1,114 refused · 670 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 AT KNIGHTS FARM EAST, LOWER HORSEBRIDGE, HAILSHAM
Received 18 Jul 2025FLYNN CONCRETE, TILLEY LANE, BOREHAM STREET, WARTLING, BN27 4UU
Received 29 Jan 2025THE GRANARY, GILLRIDGE LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1UP
Received 14 Aug 2023RUSSELL COTTAGE, LOWER STREET, NINFIELD, TN33 9ED
Received 24 Jan 2025BENHALL MILL, BENHALL MILL ROAD, FRANT, TN3 9AE
Received 19 Dec 2024OLDE COTTAGE, TWYFORD LANE, FOREST ROW, RH17 7DH
Received 25 Oct 20243 THE HIGH STREET, HORAM, TN21 0EJ
Received 20 Feb 2025FAST AND SHINY CAR WASH, BURWASH ROAD, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8QZ
Received 1 Aug 2023STONEHILL HOUSE, STONEHILL, CHIDDINGLY, TN21 0JN
Received 3 May 2023LAND TO THE SOUTH OF HORAM (COXLOW FARM), HORAM
Received 3 Dec 2025LAND ON THE SOUTH-WEST SIDE OF BEXHILL ROAD, NINFIELD
Received 19 Sept 2024LAND EAST OF GREEN LANE/PALESGATE LANE, STEEL CROSS, CROWBOROUGH
Received 4 Oct 2023WATERMEAD, WEST STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6DS
Received 6 Nov 2025FORD PLACE, SMUGGLERS LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1TG
Received 12 May 2026SUNCOURT, ERSHAM ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 3LE
Received 21 Dec 2022NORTH CLAYS FARM, BUTCHERFIELD LANE, HARTFIELD, TN7 4LB
Received 10 Jan 2025HOLLY COTTAGE, LEWES ROAD, BLACKBOYS, TN22 5JH
Received 30 Apr 20261 GEORGE STREET, HAILSHAM, BN27 1AD
Received 20 Dec 2023ARQIVA TRANSMITTING STATION - HEATHFIELD, HERRING LANE, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0UG
Received 15 Jun 2026LITTLE SHEPHAM, SHEPHAM LANE, POLEGATE, BN26 6NB
Received 29 Feb 2024CHELWORTH COTTAGE, BEACONSFIELD ROAD, CHELWOOD GATE, RH17 7LE
Received 26 Jun 2025RED LION PARK, DENBIGH ROAD, HOOE COMMON, HOOE, TN33 9ET
Received 24 Apr 202535 LEALANDS DRIVE, UCKFIELD, TN22 1DW
Received 9 Jul 2024NIGHTINGALE FARM HOUSE, NIGHTINGALE BOARDING KENNELS, HAILSHAM ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6RE
Received 3 Jul 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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