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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.
10,694 approved · 1,556 refused · 843 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DB
Received 6 Feb 20124 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 6 Feb 201258 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BN
Received 6 Feb 201258 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BN
Received 6 Feb 2012Zomba, 6 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 6 Feb 2012Local Authority Depot Adjacent 223, Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 7 Feb 201245 Brookland Close, Hastings, TN34 2DF
Received 8 Feb 2012Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea (O/S Royal Victoria Hotel) (PCP013)
Received 8 Feb 2012Street Record, Pelham Place, Hastings (Opp Trattoria Italiana 14-15 Pelham Crescent) (PCP061)
Received 8 Feb 201296 Milward Road, Hastings
Received 9 Feb 2012Restaurant and premises, 28-29 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 8 Feb 20128 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 10 Feb 2012Former White Rock Ice Rink, 45 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 13 Feb 2012204 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NG
Received 13 Feb 2012Porthole Cottage, 4 Woods Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BX
Received 13 Feb 2012Retaining wall between the Old Penny School and The Cloisters
Received 14 Feb 2012Retaining wall between the Old Penny School and The Cloisters
Received 14 Feb 20125 Barn Court, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UJ
Received 14 Feb 2012Dental Surgery, 32A Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BS
Received 14 Feb 2012St Johns Road, adjacent 58 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EE
Received 13 Feb 2012Pizza Express, Units Su44 and Su45, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 14 Feb 20121A Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 13 Feb 201219 The Briers, Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HX
Received 14 Feb 201246 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JB
Received 15 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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