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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.
10,651 approved · 1,549 refused · 841 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Belvedere Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WE
Received 19 Jan 201217 Hoover Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TA
Received 18 Jan 201260 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 19 Jan 2012Carisbrooke Mansions, Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 19 Jan 20121 Byways, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QX
Received 18 Jan 201215 Pennine Rise, Hastings, TN34 3QH
Received 20 Jan 2012The Old Wash House Rear Of 72, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EL
Received 20 Jan 201223 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 23 Jan 2012Land adjacent to, 28 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Jan 201249 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 20 Jan 2012Shop, 12A Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 23 Jan 201226 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 20 Jan 2012219 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 19 Jan 201219 East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 20 Jan 2012Flat 2, Holland House, 16 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 24 Jan 201257 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HJ
Received 24 Jan 2012142 Martineau Lane, Hastings
Received 24 Jan 2012Former doctors surgery, 355 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 24 Jan 20123 Cumberland Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QL
Received 25 Jan 2012The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 25 Jan 2012Loreto, 81 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 25 Jan 2012Robertson Street, Hastings (O/S ADA, 42 Robertson Street)
Received 25 Jan 2012Land at Hoads Wood North (East of Beachy Head View) St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8TW
Received 25 Jan 201225 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DG
Received 25 Jan 2012Records 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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