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Little Wildings Markstakes Lane Chailey East Sussex BN8 4BS

Awaiting decision Lewes LW/26/0400 Planning Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Installation of a row of ground-mounted solar photovoltaic panels with associated infrastructure

As published by the council, reference LW/26/0400

Application record

Reference
LW/26/0400
Type
Planning Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
30 Jul 2026
Validated
8 Sep 2026
Ward
Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey
Parish
Chailey
Postcode
BN8 4BS

Comment by 6 October 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Lewes's portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Jul 2026

    Received by Lewes

  2. 8 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 3 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Lewes took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

13 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Lewes for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Lewes decided full applications in a median of 90 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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