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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.
10,467 approved · 1,523 refused · 834 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BJ
Received 2 Nov 20112 Ivyhouse Lane & Unit 12 North Ridge Park, Haywood Way, Hastings
Received 3 Nov 2011Old Roar Ghyll, Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings
Received 3 Nov 201112 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Nov 201112 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Nov 201151B George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 4 Nov 201151B George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 4 Nov 2011Shop and Premises, 3 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NN
Received 4 Nov 201114-15 Pelham Crescent, Hastings
Received 4 Nov 201143 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 7 Nov 20115 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 7 Nov 2011Unit 1b West Ridge Industrial Estate, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PJ
Received 8 Nov 2011Top Flat, 137 Milward Road, Hastings
Received 8 Nov 2011Land Adjacent to 5 Market Terrace, Market Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DG
Received 9 Nov 201112 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 9 Nov 2011252 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 8 Nov 2011Local Authority Depot Adjacent 223, Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 9 Nov 2011Local Authority Depot Adjacent 223, Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 9 Nov 2011Filsham Valley Secondary School, Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Nov 2011Old Roar Ghyll, Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings
Received 10 Nov 201111 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 10 Nov 20116 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 11 Nov 2011Churchwood County Primary School, Church In The Wood Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PB
Received 11 Nov 2011St John's Church, Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 14 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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