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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,440 approved · 1,518 refused · 834 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 17 Oct 2011122 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EG
Received 17 Oct 2011142 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DR
Received 19 Oct 201133 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 19 Oct 201163 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NG
Received 19 Oct 20115 Strongs Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BY
Received 19 Oct 2011Guestling Lodge, 7 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 19 Oct 2011Offices and Premises, 140-142 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3NL
Received 19 Oct 2011Land Adjacent, 22 Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RR
Received 20 Oct 20113 The Poplars, Leybourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PU
Received 19 Oct 2011225A Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 20 Oct 2011Land adjacent 35, Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 20 Oct 2011Land north of The Beacon, St Marys Terrace, Hastings
Received 20 Oct 2011St Marys Mens Social Club 53-55, Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 20 Oct 201115 Agincourt Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QL
Received 20 Oct 2011Communication Station and Premises, Shearbarn Holiday Park, Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 20 Oct 2011311 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 20 Oct 2011Site of former 2 to 20 evens, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 21 Oct 2011Outside Peugot Garage, Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea
Received 21 Oct 2011Phase 1a at Hughenden Road, Ore Valley, Hastings
Received 24 Oct 2011Mayfield V, Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TW
Received 25 Oct 201129 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AJ
Received 24 Oct 20116 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 21 Oct 201116 East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 21 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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