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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 Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,345 approved · 1,505 refused · 830 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
St Marys Church Hall, 25 Castle Hill Passage, Hastings
Received 4 Jul 2011Flat 2, 27 Southwater Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JR
Received 4 Jul 20119 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 29 Jul 201148 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 11 Aug 201148 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 11 Aug 201148 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 11 Aug 201161 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LW
Received 11 Aug 2011451 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 16 Aug 20112A St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2ER
Received 17 Aug 2011141 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 24 Aug 20119 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NR
Received 26 Aug 2011Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 26 Aug 2011Former Bakery and Premises Ground Floor, Silchester Mews, Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JB
Received 30 Aug 2011Hastings College, 80 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AR
Received 1 Sept 2011Land Adjacent 26, Old Top Road, Hastings
Received 2 Sept 201192 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 5 Sept 201122 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NR
Received 7 Sept 2011Bank, 2-6 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DQ
Received 9 Sept 2011Bank, 2-6 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DQ
Received 9 Sept 2011Land Adjacent To, 7 Ganton Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XW
Received 13 Sept 201114 & 16 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 9 Sept 20113 Five Acre Walk, Hastings, TN34 1XZ
Received 7 Sept 2011144 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ
Received 8 Sept 201122A Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY
Received 13 Sept 2011Records 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 Hastings Borough 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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