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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.
10,400 approved · 1,516 refused · 833 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
4A Highland Mansions, 117 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LZ
Received 7 Oct 20116 Dudley Road, Hastings, TN35 5JP
Received 11 Oct 2011114 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 11 Oct 201127 Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 11 Oct 201115 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 11 Oct 201115 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 11 Oct 2011416 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 11 Oct 201111 Old House Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2JS
Received 12 Oct 201111 Pinders Road, Hastings, TN35 5HE
Received 12 Oct 201186 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LY
Received 12 Oct 20114 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 12 Oct 2011Pavement fronting 54 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Oct 2011Land at junction of Tower Road West and, Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 12 Oct 20114 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 11 Oct 201111-12 Parkstone Parade, Hastings, TN34 2PS
Received 11 Oct 20118 Old London Road, Hastings
Received 11 Oct 201116 Tower Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JE
Received 12 Oct 2011425-427 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3NW
Received 13 Oct 2011Land adjacent to, 28 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Oct 2011217 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 13 Oct 2011Phase 1a at Hughenden Road, Ore Valley, Hastings
Received 13 Oct 20111 & 2 Ravine Close, Hastings, TN34 2BH
Received 13 Oct 201131-32 Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NJ
Received 13 Oct 201114 Lamorna Court, 32 De Cham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JA
Received 14 Oct 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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