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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.
10,865 approved · 1,576 refused · 857 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Pelham Cottage, 1 Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 21 Mar 2012418 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 22 Mar 201235 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 22 Mar 2012Land adjacent to 24, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TG
Received 22 Mar 20124-5 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings
Received 22 Mar 2012First floor, Old Christchurch School, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 22 Mar 2012Congregational Church, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 22 Mar 201237C Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 22 Mar 201239 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 23 Mar 201261 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DJ
Received 23 Mar 20126 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 23 Mar 20126 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 23 Mar 2012Restaurant, 2-3 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 23 Mar 201212 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EG
Received 26 Mar 201225 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DA
Received 26 Mar 2012Flat 5, 132 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BT
Received 27 Mar 2012410/412 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 27 Mar 2012First Floor Flat, 9 Edward Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ES
Received 27 Mar 201225 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 26 Mar 20121 Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TN
Received 27 Mar 201225 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 26 Mar 2012581 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AX
Received 23 Mar 2012Fairlight Place Farmhouse, Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 27 Mar 2012Ocean House, 87-89 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LW
Received 28 Mar 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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