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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.
10,673 approved · 1,550 refused · 843 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 26 Jan 2012Land Adjacent 73, Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jan 2012Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea TN37 6BA, (Opp 15 Warrior Square)
Received 26 Jan 2012Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea (S/O Flat 1, 1 Carisbrooke Road)
Received 26 Jan 2012Godwin Road, Hastings (S/O 20 Ashburnham Road,) TN35 5JN
Received 26 Jan 2012103 Braybrooke Road, Hastings
Received 26 Jan 2012Renaissance House, (Former Christchurch Hall), London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Jan 2012Plot M, Gresley Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PL
Received 27 Jan 201280 Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DB
Received 30 Jan 2012Unit 1 Ground Floor Shop, Station Parade, Ore Valley Road, Hastings, TN34 3FH
Received 31 Jan 201238 Tile Barn Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QU
Received 31 Jan 2012245 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BH
Received 1 Feb 2012191 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 1 Feb 2012410/412 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 1 Feb 2012140 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 1 Feb 2012Fishponds Barn Fishponds Farm, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DU
Received 1 Feb 2012Fishponds Barn Fishponds Farm, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DU
Received 1 Feb 201250 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 2 Feb 201281 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EL
Received 2 Feb 20122 Baird Drive, Hastings, TN34 2JL
Received 2 Feb 201212 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DD
Received 3 Feb 2012416 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 2 Feb 2012Laton Road, Hastings (PCP052 o/s 30 Laton Road)
Received 3 Feb 201251 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 3 Feb 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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