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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.
7,228 approved · 1,185 refused · 734 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, OSMERS HILL, WADHURST, TN5 6QL
Received 25 Mar 2024LAND TO THE SOUTH OF CINDERFORD LANE (ADJACENT TO FIVE FIRS), HELLINGLY, BN27 4HL
Received 16 Dec 2024PROPOSED NATIONAL GRID SUBSTATION, LAND WEST OF CROCKSTEAD FARM, EASTBOURNE ROAD, HALLAND, BN8 6PT
Received 14 Dec 202359 BEECHES ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2BB
Received 10 Feb 2025LAND AT INGRAMS FARM, BEXHILL ROAD, NINFIELD
Received 5 Dec 2022WADHURST PRIMARY SCHOOL, SPARROWS GREEN ROAD, WADHURST, TN5 6SR
Received 27 Feb 2023LAND EAST OF ROSEMEAD, HOREBEECH LANE, HORAM, TN21 9EA
Received 10 Oct 2025THE VICARAGE, HIGH STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6AB
Received 15 Sept 2023EMERSON COLLEGE, HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5JX
Received 23 Dec 2025STONE CROSS FARM, LEWES ROAD, LAUGHTON, BN8 6BN
Received 18 Oct 2022LAND OFF BEXHILL ROAD, NINFIELD
Received 12 Jun 2025SLIDERS FARM, SLIDERS LANE, FURNERS GREEN, TN22 3RT
Received 31 May 202318 RIDGEWAY CLOSE, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8NS
Received 17 Nov 2025HAMSELL FARM, ERIDGE ROAD, ERIDGE, TN3 9LL
Received 28 Mar 202410 OLD MILL LANE, POLEGATE, BN26 5NS
Received 13 Mar 202427 SIMONS CLOSE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2XU
Received 12 Mar 2025LAND ADJACENT TO WINGDALE, FIELDEN ROAD, CROWBOROUGH
Received 11 Dec 202341 GORRINGE VALLEY ROAD, LOWER WILLINGDON, BN20 9SS
Received 27 Mar 2023COES HALL, DEWLANDS HILL, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3RU
Received 5 Feb 2024WINDLESHAW HOUSE, BEECH GREEN LANE, WITHYHAM, TN7 4DB
Received 21 Jul 2025BROAD OAK COTTAGE, BURWASH ROAD, BROAD OAK, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8UE
Received 23 Jun 2023LITTLE SHEPHAM, SHEPHAM LANE, POLEGATE, BN26 6NB
Received 14 May 2026LA CASETTA, NORTH STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6AN
Received 28 Mar 20256 MALLARD DRIVE, UCKFIELD, EAST SUSSEX. TN22 5PW
Received 25 Jan 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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