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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.
10,393 approved · 1,516 refused · 832 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Mercatoria, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EB
Received 30 Sept 2011The White Rock Hotel, 1-10 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JU
Received 30 Sept 2011Rear of 414/416 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 3 Oct 2011The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 3 Oct 2011Azur Restaurant, Marina Pavilion, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 3 Oct 20117 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 3 Oct 2011Former West St Leonards Primary School site, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Oct 2011Renaissance House, Former Christ Church Hall, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Sept 2011Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QR
Received 5 Oct 2011Osborne House, 245 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 5 Oct 2011236 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 5 Oct 2011Speckled Wood, overhanging car park of Grenham Court, Frederick Road, Hastings. TN35 5AF
Received 5 Oct 2011St Clements Church, Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3JU
Received 6 Oct 2011Public House, 43 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 6 Oct 201110 Hornbeam Heights, Hawthorn Road, Hastings, TN35 5GG
Received 6 Oct 2011Shornden House, 42 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PL
Received 5 Oct 201120 Newlands Close, Hastings, TN34 2QW
Received 6 Oct 201160 & 61 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 10 Oct 201115 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 7 Oct 2011The Hollington Oak, 210 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LB
Received 7 Oct 2011Pavement fronting 29 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2011Corner of Clyde Road and 66 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2011Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 10 Oct 2011The Grange, 24 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 10 Oct 2011Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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