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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 dates12,831Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
86%Approval rate · 8,677 approved or refused records
1,221Refused applications
7,456 approved · 1,221 refused · 777 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2024/0576/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR THE RELOCATION AND RETENTION OF THE MATERIAL STORAGE PORTACABIN, AND EXTENSION AND RETENTION OF THE EXISTING TEMPORARY COVERED LINK AND RETENTION OF CLASSROOD (OLD) PORTACABIN.
STEP BY STEP SCHOOL, NEYLANDS FARM, GRINSTEAD LANE, FOREST ROW, RH19 4HP
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1662/F
REPLACEMENT GARAGE BUILDING
1 WHITE COTTAGE SLAUGHAMS GHYLL, SHEEP PLAIN, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 3ST
Received 29 Jun 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2022/2300/F
PORCH EXTENSION, GARAGE CONVERSION AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
RUSSETTS, LONDON ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2TU
Received 1 Sept 2022 - Decision IssuedWD/2025/0092/LDP
PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
53 MILLBROOK ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 2SB
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1028/F
2 STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND NEW ATTACHED GARAGE
27 KNIGHTS GARDEN, HAILSHAM, BN27 3JR
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0648/BGP
APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN CONDITION ATTACHED TO WD/2025/2875/F
ST BEDES SCHOOL, CAMBERLOT ROAD, UPPER DICKER, BN27 3QH
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2059/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 5 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/0999/MRM
LAND OFF MILL ROAD, HAILSHAM
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0001/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 3 AND 13 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/2303/F
MONKS WOOD FARM, MONKS LANE, COUSLEY WOOD, WADHURST, TN5 6EW
Received 2 Jan 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0966/NMA
APPLICATION FOR A NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO WD/2023/2749/F (PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE OF TWO SMALL AREAS OF LAND TO RESIDENTIAL GARDEN, PLUS THE ERECTION OF A NEW MACHINERY SHED, CREATION OF A NEW ALLOTMENT TERRACE WITH NEW GREENHOUSE, A NATURAL SWIMMING POOL, ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING ALTERATIONS AND NEW DEER PROOF FENCING TO THE PERIMETER OF ESTABLISHED GARDENS. MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE DWELLING INCLUDING NEW SLIDING DOORS TO BASEMENT LEVEL) MACHINERY SHED (DRAWING 23030-P-051 PROPOSED MACHINERY SHED) PROPOSED IS TO BE SMALLER. MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURERS DRAWINGS.
RIDLEYS, MILLBROOK HILL, NUTLEY, TN22 3PJ
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/0460/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2, 10 ATTACHED TO WD/2018/0455/F
LEYFIELDS, POUND LANE, FRAMFIELD, TN22 5RR
Received 20 Feb 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1461/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 6, 12, 13 & 14 ATTACHED TO WD/2023/1977/F
DUNSFOLD, WEST END, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 4NX
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decision IssuedTM/2022/0177/TCA
WORK TO ONE WILLOW TREE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED HELLINGLY CONSERVATION AREA JANUARY 1977/MARCH 2017
HOLLY COTTAGE, CHURCH LANE, HELLINGLY BN27 4HA
Received 5 Sept 2022 - Decision IssuedWD/2026/0228/F
DEMOLITION OF THE CAR PORT AND ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION
ROTHBURY, CHURCH ROAD, CROWBOROUGH, TN6 1BL
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1525/F
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PREFABRICATED DOUBLE GARAGE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TIMBER FRAMED DOUBLE GARAGE WITH A GAMES ROOM OVER.
GLENMORE, BUXTED WOOD LANE, BUXTED, EAST SUSSEX, TN22 4QE
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Application WithdrawnWD/2023/0317/F
INSTALLATION OF 12 NO. GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PANELS, EACH OF WHICH IS 1,722MM TALL AND 1,134MM WIDE, (19.53 SQUARE METRES) MOUNTED ON THREE GALVANIZED STEEL FRAMES.
LUSTEDS COTTAGE, GLYNLEIGH ROAD, HANKHAM, BN24 5BJ
Received 6 Feb 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/0967/FR
RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION TO CONVERT AN EXISTING SHED IN THE REAR GARDEN TO CREATE HYGIENIC CHEESE-MAKING ROOM FOR HOBBY/SMALL HOME BASED BUSINESS USE. THE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD BE CONNECTING THE SHED TO UTILITIES (ELECTRICITY, COLD WATER SUPPLY AND WASTE WATER REMOVAL) AND INTERNAL REFURBISHMENT (INSTALLING HYGIENIC FLOOR AND WALL COVERINGS, LIGHTING, SINKS AND FOOD-SAFE FURNITURE).
3 BALLIOL COTTAGES, LOWER HIGH STREET, WADHURST, TN5 6BB
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2306/LDB
TO REPLACE AS NECESSARY ALL ROTTEN CLAPBOARD AND FINISHING AS EXISTING, IT WILL BE A LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENT WITH NO ALTERATIONS, USING SOFTWOOD WITH A BEADED MOULDING DETAIL (COPYING THE DESIGN AND MATERIALS AS CURRENT CLAPBOARD). SOME OF THE REPLACEMENT BOARDS ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY MAY RUN INTO 30 HARTFIELD ROAD, AS THE TWO PROPERTIES SHARE THE SAME FRONTAGE.
29 AND 30 HARTFIELD ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5DY
Received 14 Sept 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/1026/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITION 7 ATTACHED TO WD/2017/0839/MAO
OLD LOOM MILL, ERSHAM ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 2RH
Received 18 Apr 2023 - Application WithdrawnWD/2024/2329/LB
PROPOSED NEW OPENING IN EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL ADJACENT TO STAR LANE, INCLUDING A NEW SECTION BRICK WALL ENCLOSING THE OPENING; PROPOSED NATURAL WILLOW HURDLE PANELS TO BOUNDARY WITH THE MIDDLE HOUSE
STONE COURT, HIGH STREET, MAYFIELD, TN20 6AB
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2022/1896/F
CHANGE OF USE OF HORTICULTURAL NURSERY TO FACILITATE THE SITING OF SIX GLAMPING PODS FOR TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, PLUS INSTALLATION OF PACKAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED PARKING, PATHWAYS AND LANDSCAPING
WILSONS WILDERNESS, FOORDS LANE, VINES CROSS, TN21 9EX
Received 21 Jul 2022 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/0001/LDP
ERECT CONSERVATORY AT SIDE
32A WANNOCK LANE, WILLINGDON, BN20 9SB
Received 3 Jan 2023 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/1153/F
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO FRONT ELEVATION (AMENDED SCHEME TO REMOVE SIDE EXTENSION).
50 GOSFORD WAY, POLEGATE, BN26 6DP
Received 14 May 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2024/2488/PO
DISCHARGE OF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DATED 21ST OCTOBER 1998 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/98/0072/O (PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL WORKER'S DWELLING).
PERFECT PLANTS (FORMERLY FLOWERS GREEN NURSERY) CHURCH ROAD, FLOWERS GREEN, HERSTMONCEUX, BN27 1RL
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decision IssuedWD/2023/2344/CD
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF DETAILS RESERVED BY CONDITIONS 2, 3 AND 4 ATTACHED TO WD/2022/0078/F
LAND ADJACENT TO 4 STONE CROFT COTTAGES, GOLDBRIDGE ROAD, PILTDOWN, TN22 3XN
Received 20 Sept 2023
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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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