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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.
6,960 approved · 1,130 refused · 684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
THE LAURELS, CHALVINGTON ROAD, CHALVINGTON BN27 3TB
Received 2 Feb 2026ARCHERS, SUMMERSALES HILL, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1UT
Received 5 Dec 2023THE CROFTERS, GOLDEN CROSS, HAILSHAM, BN27 4AN
Received 17 Jan 2025DUNLY WOOD, MAYFIELD ROAD, CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0UE
Received 12 Mar 202479 CASTLE VIEW GARDENS, WESTHAM, BN24 5HS
Received 12 Feb 2024LAND ADJOINING HEAVEGATE COTTAGES, WARREN ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1TU
Received 26 Nov 2025BROILER HOUSE PADDOCK, INGRAMS FARM, BEXHILL ROAD, NINFIELD, TN33 9EE
Received 7 Oct 2024FLOCK HOUSE, CHURCH LANE, RIPE
Received 30 Aug 2023106 CHURCH STREET, WILLINGDON BN22 0HU
Received 9 Jan 202341 RIDGEWAY CLOSE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8NS
Received 12 Mar 2026BLANEY, BEACON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH
Received 29 Nov 2022LAND WEST OF STATION ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 15 Sept 2025VIRGINIA COTTAGE LEWES ROAD LAUGHTON
Received 19 Jun 2024LAND AT MOSS COTTAGE, KIDDS HILL, HARTFIELD, TN7 4ES
Received 22 Nov 20237 HIGH STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6AA
Received 14 Dec 2023VACANT LAND TO NORTHEAST OF UPCOUNTRY, DITTONS ROAD, STONE CROSS, PEVENSEY BN24 5ET
Received 23 Dec 2022HALE FARM, HALE GREEN, CHIDDINGLY, BN8 6HQ
Received 3 Apr 2023LAND WEST OF LIMESTONE WAY, MARESFIELD, TN22 2DP
Received 9 Feb 2024WESTERING, CHURCH STREET, HARTFIELD, TN7 4AQ
Received 7 Feb 202447 HIGH STREET, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8HU
Received 12 Jun 20262 GORSE COTTAGES, CROSS IN HAND ROAD, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0SL
Received 6 Sept 2022THE HINDLANDS, EASTBOURNE ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9NU
Received 7 Mar 2024BYERLY, BELL LANE, FLETCHING, TN22 3YB
Received 2 Dec 2025STREAM COTTAGE, THE STREET, ARLINGTON BN26 6SE
Received 12 Mar 2025Records 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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