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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.
10,486 approved · 1,530 refused · 835 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Cambridge Road, Hastings
Received 21 Nov 201120 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 23 Nov 201114 Highwater View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EL
Received 22 Nov 201139 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 18 Nov 201138 & 39 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 23 Nov 201134 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JL
Received 24 Nov 201125 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DA
Received 14 Dec 20119 Ravine Close, Hastings, TN34 2BH
Received 24 Nov 201110 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 25 Nov 201149 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 25 Nov 201149 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 25 Nov 201112 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 25 Nov 2011Land rear of 381, Old London Road, Hastings
Received 25 Nov 2011Phase 1a at Hughenden Road, Ore Valley, Hastings
Received 25 Nov 201134 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 25 Nov 201134 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 25 Nov 201133 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 25 Nov 201133 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 25 Nov 201111 Tenterden Rise, Hastings, TN34 2HH
Received 28 Nov 2011441 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BB
Received 28 Nov 201137-38 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 29 Nov 201137-38 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 29 Nov 2011470 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 30 Nov 2011Telephone Exchange, 217 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PR
Received 30 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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