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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.
10,481 approved · 1,528 refused · 835 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Benenden Rise, Hastings, TN34 2HN
Received 14 Nov 201148 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 11 Nov 201199 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RJ
Received 10 Nov 201132 Theaklen Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AZ
Received 14 Nov 2011Unit 1 Ground Floor Shop, (One Stop Stores), Station Parade, Ore Valley Road, Hastings, TN34 3FH
Received 15 Nov 2011Unit 1 Ground Floor Shop, (One Stop Stores), Station Parade, Ore Valley Road, Hastings, TN34 3FH
Received 15 Nov 2011132 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 15 Nov 201166 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 15 Nov 2011Sandrock Cottage, St Helens Park Road, Hastings
Received 16 Nov 2011Sussex Coast College Hastings, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 17 Nov 20115 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 16 Nov 2011Land rear of 1-9 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 18 Nov 2011Wilton House, Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AG
Received 18 Nov 201114 Avondale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SA
Received 21 Nov 2011Robsack Wood, Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Nov 20113-5 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RG
Received 21 Nov 201118 St Helens Down, Hastings
Received 21 Nov 2011206 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 21 Nov 2011St Michaels Hospice, 25 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LB
Received 22 Nov 2011Former allotments rear Of 26-33 Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Received 22 Nov 20111 Radnor Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SX
Received 22 Nov 2011The Coach House, 13 Edward Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EF
Received 21 Nov 20111 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 21 Nov 201119 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 22 Nov 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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