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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.
10,725 approved · 1,559 refused · 846 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
219 Railway Cottages, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AW
Received 16 Feb 20124 Sovereign House, 117 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NH
Received 16 Feb 20124 Sovereign House, 117 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NH
Received 16 Feb 201221 Clive Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5LN
Received 16 Feb 201262 Paynton Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DZ
Received 20 Feb 201274 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 17 Feb 201216 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JZ
Received 21 Feb 201242 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AE
Received 20 Feb 20123 Crown Court, Crown Lane, Hastings, TN34 3DJ
Received 21 Feb 201218 St Helens Down, Hastings
Received 21 Feb 201220 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EB
Received 21 Feb 201232 The Suttons, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RA
Received 23 Feb 201293 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DS
Received 21 Feb 201238 Sandwich Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XJ
Received 23 Feb 2012Land to the North of, Downey Close, Hastings, TN37 7LJ
Received 23 Feb 2012Stalkhurst Cottage, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 23 Feb 2012Wood End, 83 St Helens Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2QR
Received 24 Feb 20122 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 24 Feb 20126 Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 24 Feb 201234 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 27 Feb 201216 Adelaide Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DA
Received 27 Feb 2012451 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 27 Feb 2012Priory View, Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JQ
Received 28 Feb 2012Shop and premises, 49 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 28 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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