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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
89.1% of applications approved
Ranks #135 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.1% · rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
36.4% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #277 of 371 for decisions upheld · national average 32.0% · 129 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£380,000 median sale price
-2.1% year on year · 1,452 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
44.4% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #203 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 37,891 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LW/26/0496 | 2 Ambleside Avenue Telscombe Cliffs East Sussex | Demolition of existing 2no detached outbuildings, subdividing part of existing rear garden to erect 1no. single-storey… | Fullplanning | 29 Sept 2026 |
| LW/26/0491 | Land At 55 Allington Road Newick East Sussex | Non-material amendment of application LW/25/0138 to relocate PV panels to rear elevation on all plots, revise porch… | Householder | 24 Sept 2026 |
| TW/26/0086/TCA | Chailey Place Chailey Green Road Chailey Green East Sussex | Red oak - Removal | Treeworks | 22 Sept 2026 |
| LW/26/0471 | Ham Cottage Slugwash Lane Wivelsfield East Sussex | Non-material amendment of application LW/26/0127 to use the approved weatherboarding on the west elevation, on all… | Other | 8 Sept 2026 |
| TW/26/0079/TCA | 4 Blatchington Hill Seaford East Sussex | As per TW/23/0062/TCA 23rd September 2023 | Treeworks | 3 Sept 2026 |
| TW/26/0077/TCA | 21 Blatchington Hill Seaford East Sussex | T1- Cherry Tree, Dying/Diseased to be felled to ground level | Treeworks | 3 Sept 2026 |
| LW/26/0465 | Chailey Heritage Clinical Services Beggars Wood Road Chailey East Sussex | Prior Notification Under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as… | Priorapproval | 2 Sept 2026 |
| LW/26/0460 | Tanglewood Farm Jackies Lane Newick East Sussex | Application under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) -… | Priorapproval | 2 Sept 2026 |
| LW/26/0459 | Northfields East Grinstead Road North Chailey East Sussex | Erection of 2no. detached dwellings with all matters reserved except access | Other | 2 Sept 2026 |
| LW/26/0457 | 262 Arundel Road West Peacehaven East Sussex | Prior Notification under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as… | Priorapproval | 27 Aug 2026 |
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We index every application published on Lewes’s planning portal (Idox Public Access) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planningpa.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/online-applicationsNewest application received 29 Sept 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by Lewes, updated several times a day. A free PlanNexus account searches the full archive of 48,802 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type, and includes 1,000 requests a month plus email alerts. PlanNexus is independent of Lewes — we index what the council publishes and add the decisions, approval rates and appeal outcomes the register itself doesn't show. The council's own portal is linked above.
PlanNexus indexes Lewes's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 29 Sept 2026.
89.1% of Lewes's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q3 – 2026 Q2, against a national average of 87.1% (official MHCLG figures).
36.4% of appeals against Lewes decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.0%, across 129 decided appeals.
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