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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 dates12,664Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 8,566 approved or refused records
1,209Refused applications
7,357 approved · 1,209 refused · 755 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jan 2020 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decision IssuedWD/2023/2682/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3, 4, 8, 10 AND 11 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/1873/FA
THE OLD HOPGARDEN, WALSHES ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3RE
Received 30 Oct 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2026/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION.
RAGGED DOG COTTAGE, RAGGED DOG LANE, WALDRON TN21 0NJ
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Application WithdrawnWD/2022/2738/F
PROPOSED REPLACEMENT ANNEXE EXTENSION
LINDEN LODGE KENNELS AND CATTERY, HEMPSTEAD LANE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3PR
Received 24 Oct 2022 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/1249/LDE
PLANNING PERMISSION WD/1989/4094/F WAS GRANTED ON 19 FEBRUARY 1989 FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ROOF TO PROVIDE THREE BEDROOMS AND A BATHROOM WITHIN THE ROOF SPACE. FOLLOWING THE GRANT OF PERMISSION, BUILDING WORKS COMMENCED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND THE DEVELOPMENT WAS IMPLEMENTED. ALTHOUGH THE APPROVED SCHEME WAS NOT COMPLETED IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE WORKS THAT WERE CARRIED OUT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLANS AND DESIGN APPROVED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION WD/1989/4094/F. THE DEVELOPMENT THEREFORE COMPRISES WORKS THAT WERE LAWFULLY COMMENCED PURSUANT TO THE PLANNING PERMISSION, WITH THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE BUILT BEING UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED SCHEME LAWFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION WD/1989/4094/F BY WAY OF WORKS UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLANS.
BEAK HOUSE, CACKLE STREET, MARESFIELD, TN22 3DU
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1381/F
REPLACE CONSERVATORY ROOF WITH LIGHTWEIGHT SOLID ROOF, PARTIAL GARAGE CONVERSION INCLUDING ADDITION OF INTERNAL WALL AND NEW SHED.
4 BLACKSMITHS COPSE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3XB
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Application WithdrawnWD/2026/0167/F
SINGLE STOREY SELF BUILD DWELLING, ACCESS, PARKING AND LANDSCAPING
TWO HOOTS, CHAPEL LANE, BLACKBOYS, TN22 5LB
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0389/F
REAR EXTENSIONS AND PORCH ENLARGEMENT
2 WATCH OAK VILLA, WATCH OAK HILL, BLACKHAM, WITHYHAM, TN3 9TR
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1051/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 2 ATTACHED TO WD/2021/1130/F
BUCKLAND HOUSE, BUCKLAND HILL, COUSLEY WOOD, WADHURST, TN5 6QT
Received 19 Apr 2023 - Decision IssuedTM/2022/0273/TPO
REDUCE CROWN OF ONE OAK TREE BY 10-15% AND REMOVE DEADWOOD WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (HAILSHAM) NO 29, 1994
6 HAWTHYLANDS ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 1EU
Received 8 Dec 2022 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2948/F
PROPOSED TWO STOREY EXTENSION INCLUDING SMALL BALCONY AREAS & INTERNAL ALTERATIONS. REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION & UPGRADE OF EXTERNAL MATERIALS WITH A WRAP AROUND RAISED DECKING AREA
THE GLASSHOUSE, CLOCKHOUSE LANE, NUTLEY, TN22 3NZ
Received 1 Dec 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0499/F
CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION.
26 COURT MEADOW, ROTHERFIELD,EAST SUSSEX, TN6 3LQ
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Appeal LodgedWD/2025/1301/F
APPLICATION FOR A REAR SECOND STOREY EXTENSION
HESMONDS FARM COTTAGE, WALDRON ROAD, EAST HOATHLY, BN8 6QH
Received 27 May 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0515/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MODERN OUTBUILDING, GARAGE, FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION OVER AND SHED, AND REPLACEMENT WITH GARAGE AND SHED AS ONE OUTBUILDING; REPLACEMENT OF THREE DORMER WINDOWS WITH NEW WINDOWS OF SAME SIZE.
FRESHFIELD, CHALVINGTON ROAD, CHALVINGTON, BN27 3TA
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/1450/LBA
VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF WD/2024/0856/LB (PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY ORANGERY/GARDEN ROOM EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, TO INCLUDE A GARDEN AND LOG STORE AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS. PROPOSED PORCH CANOPY OVER MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR) TO ENABLE CHANGE IN EXTERNAL MATERIALS FROM STOCK BRICKWORK AND NATURAL WEATHERBOARDING TO PAINTED WEATHERBOARDING.
FROGSHOLE COTTAGE, COTCHFORD HILL, CHUCK HATCH, HARTFIELD, TN7 4EX
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1926/F
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION. NEW FRONT PORCHES.
19 SYCAMORE DRIVE, HAILSHAM, BN27 3TT
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2863/F
CONVERT EXISTING LOFT ROOM TO BEDROOM WITH ROOFLIGHTS AND NEW EXTERIOR CLADDING
82 EASTBOURNE ROAD, PEVENSEY BAY, BN24 6HS
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1586/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 3 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0118/F
STONERY FARM, COMMON LANE, SELMESTON, BN26 6SU
Received 19 Jun 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0116/FR
PART RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF LAND FOR SITING A SHEPHERD HUT TOGETHER WITH A FIELD KITCHEN, SHOWER, WASH BASINS AND COMPOSTABLE TOILET.
LAND ADJOINING ELM COTTAGE, MARLPITS LANE, NINFIELD, TN33 9LD
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2052/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 24 ATTACHED TO WD/2020/1391/MAO
FRIDAY STREET FARM, OAK TREE LANE, EASTBOURNE, BN23 8BB
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0932/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FEATURE WELL IN THE GARDEN AREA OF THE PUBLIC HOUSE WITH NO UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS
THE KINGS ARMS, HIGH STREET, ROTHERFIELD, TN6 3LJ
Received 7 May 2026 - Application WithdrawnWD/2025/2592/LDP
TO CHANGE THE USE OF OFFICE UNIT 4 INTO A CAFE
BLACKHAM COURT, BEECH GREEN LANE, WITHYHAM, TN7 4DB
Received 12 Nov 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1926/MAJ
ENGINEERING WORKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING GREATER AREAS/VARIETY OF WETLAND HABITATS TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIODIVERSITY GAINS
LAND FORMING PART OF THE SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST RESERVE AND WIDER PEVENSEY LEVELS
Received 26 Jul 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2022/3249/MRM
RESERVED MATTERS PURSUANT TO OUTLINE PERMISSION WD/2020/2164/MAO (CESSATION OF USE OF LAND FOR A GARDEN CENTRE AND DEMOLITION OF ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE OFFICE BUILDING, GRID REFERENCE 0553882E 0129597N). CONSTRUCTION OF UP TO 27 DWELLINGS WITH REDESIGNED SITE ACCESS AND CLOSURE OF EXISTING ACCESSES AND ASSOCIATED HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS).
MILLBROOK GARDEN CENTRE, TUBWELL LANE, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3RJ
Received 12 Dec 2022 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/2077/F
CHANGE OF USE FROM HEALING CENTRE TO A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING. NO INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
THE OLD BAKEHOUSE, PEELINGS LANE, WESTHAM, BN24 5HE
Received 4 Sept 2025
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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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