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Hastings Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates13,365Searchable applications
146Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 12,135 approved or refused records
1,542Refused applications
10,593 approved · 1,542 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning First Aid (SECAmb)Local plan Planning policyConservation areas Building conservationArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- DecidedHS/FA/11/01001
Demolition of the existing dilapidated 3rd floor level. Area to be in filled and made good in keeping with adjacent section of flat roof. Associated works include the isolation and removal of existing services and asbestos.
1-7 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/FA/12/00010
External ramped access
34 Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PZ
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/FA/12/00011
Proposed roof conversion, rear single storey extension, new entrance porch and relocation of window. Proposed dormer to existing garage.
10 Pentland Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SR
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00012
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
Old London Road, Hastings (S/O 8 Old London Road)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00013
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea (R/O Royal Victoria Hotel Marina)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00014
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
West Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea (R/O 50 Marina)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00015
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
London Road, St Leonards-on-sea (O/S Dental Surgery, 58 London Road)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00016
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
Highlands Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea (S/O 113 Pevensey Road)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00017
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea (S/O 69 Pevensey Road)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00018
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet
Godwin Road, Hastings (S/O 157Harold Road)
Received 3 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/FA/12/00019
Removal of the existing roof, repitch to 45� and formation of attic room to form master bedroom, two dormers on front elevation with pitched roof. Two rear facing dormers with flat roof with small balcony between.
17 Amherst Close, Hastings, TN34 1TY
Received 4 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00020
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet.
Harold Road, Hastings ( Opp 18 All Saints Crescent)
Received 4 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00022
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet.
Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea (Opp 10 Warrior Square)
Received 4 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00023
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet.
Lower Park Road, Hastings ( Opp 93 Lower Park Road,)
Received 4 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00024
Installation of Openreach Broadband Cabinet.
The Bourne, Hastings (S/O Lord Nelson Pub)
Received 4 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TL/12/00025
Installation of Openreach Broadband cabinet.
Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings (S/O Queensbury House)
Received 4 Jan 2012 - Appeal decidedHS/FA/12/00026
Variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission HS/FA/05/00748 - Change of use from Bookshop (A1) to Takeaway (A5) - Extension of opening hours to 12 Midday to 5 a.m.(Monday to Sunday including Bank Holidays
37C Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 6 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TP/12/00027
Crown reduction by 10 - 15% of 1 x Copper Beech
41 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 5 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/FA/12/00028
Single storey extension
34 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PS
Received 6 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/FA/12/00029
Enlargement of 3 no dormer windows to rear
4A Highland Mansions, 117 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LZ
Received 6 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/TP/12/00032
Pollarding of elm
17 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/CD/12/00033
Discharge of condition 3 (a-i) of Planning Permission HS/LB/11/00768.
Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QR
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/FA/12/00034
Conversion of existing dwelling into 2 x 2no bedroom maisonettes
103 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SL
Received 9 Jan 2012 - DecidedHS/LB/12/00035
Removal of 1970's partition wall and erection of a new one a little further back. Removal of 1980's tiled floor and chipboard to expose original floorboards underneath.Removal of 1990's hot potato oven with brick surround.Removal of 1990's white tiling to expose original panelling.
28 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 9 Jan 2012
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What these statistics cover
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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