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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.
7,014 approved · 1,142 refused · 690 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 30 Jan 202646 OLD DRIVE, POLEGATE, BN26 5ER
Received 4 Apr 2025HEMPSTEAD FARM, HEMPSTEAD LANE, UCKFIELD, TN22 3DL
Received 6 Oct 2026BELLBROOK CENTRE, BELL LANE, BELLBROOK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, UCKFIELD, TN22 1QL
Received 2 Aug 2024HAM FARMHOUSE, WITHYHAM ROAD, HARTFIELD, TN27 4BJ
Received 17 Oct 2025STURTON PLACE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, HAILSHAM, EAST SUSSEX, BN27 2AU
Received 28 Jul 2023BROOK VIEW, LAND NORTH AT WALSHES ROAD, CROWBOROUGH
Received 24 Sept 2026HIDERS FARM, PUMP LANE, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5RQ
Received 6 Jul 2022BUSHBURY LANE, BLACKBOYS, TN22 5JE
Received 14 May 2025FROGSHOLE COTTAGE, COTCHFORD HILL, CHUCK HATCH, HARTFIELD TN7 4EX
Received 9 Apr 202518 HOLYHEAD CLOSE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3WD
Received 22 Apr 2026LAND AT SUMMERHILL, WEST OF ERSHAM ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 15 Feb 202465 WINDMILL ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 5BQ
Received 20 Mar 2025LAND NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO 1 WOODSIDE TERRACE, POLEGATE
Received 1 Dec 2023TUDOR COTTAGE, THE STREET, ARLINGTON, BN26 6RX
Received 8 Sept 2025BOWHILL, THE DRIVE, HELLINGLY, BN27 4EP
Received 23 Jul 2024VAUGHANS, NORTH HALL LANE, FLETCHING, TN22 3TJ
Received 26 Feb 2025THE BARN OWL, 1 PINEWOOD CHASE, CROWBOROUGH TN6 1TY
Received 7 Oct 2024LAND SOUTH-EAST OF QUARRY WOOD, B2102 LEWES ROAD (ACCESSED OFF FIR GROVE ROAD), CROSS IN HAND, HEATHFIELD, TN21 0TA
Received 2 Mar 2023ROSELANDS CLOSE, ROSELANDS AVENUE, MAYFIELD, TN20 6EB
Received 22 Dec 2025LAND OFF MILL ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 19 Aug 2024MAPLE BARN, BEECHES FARM ROAD, BUCKHAM HILL, ISFIELD, TN22 5QD
Received 23 Sept 2024FERNLEA, BEACON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1UL
Received 2 Oct 2023SOLAVISTA, DITTONS ROAD, POLEGATE, BN26 6HU
Received 10 Jul 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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