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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.
10,513 approved · 1,532 refused · 838 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former The Manor public house, 114 Manor Road, Hastings, TN34 3LP
Received 8 Dec 20111 & 1A Castledown Terrace, Hastings
Received 9 Dec 20115 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 12 Dec 201116 Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4PJ
Received 13 Dec 201114 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LU
Received 14 Dec 2011418 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 14 Dec 2011Land rear of, 28-42 Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 15 Dec 2011Pizza Express, Units Su44 and Su45, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 15 Dec 2011Pizza Express, Units Su44 and Su45, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 15 Dec 2011Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 15 Dec 2011White Lights, 20-22 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 15 Dec 20113 Telham Close, Hastings, TN34 2UQ
Received 16 Dec 201148 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 16 Dec 2011119 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RL
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Play Area, The Stade, Hastings
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Play Area, Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Play Area, Sea Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Exercise Area, Upper Promenade, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Dec 2011Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Excercise Area, Upper Promenade, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Exercise Area, Foreshore, Denmark Place, Hastings
Received 16 Dec 2011Proposed Exercise Area, Breeds Place, Hastings
Received 16 Dec 201192 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 19 Dec 2011Robsack Wood CP School, Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 16 Dec 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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