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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.
10,833 approved · 1,571 refused · 852 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 The Poplars, Leybourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN367 7PU
Received 14 Mar 2012Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 14 Mar 2012AB Electrical, 6 Ivyhouse Business Park, Haywood Way, Hastings, TN35 4PL
Received 15 Mar 20129 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 15 Mar 2012192 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 15 Mar 2012Unit 1 Ground Floor Shop, Station Parade, Ore Valley Road, Hastings, TN34 3FH
Received 15 Mar 2012Beech View, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 15 Mar 2012Stables Theatre, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3BD
Received 15 Mar 2012Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QR
Received 15 Mar 20123 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings
Received 15 Mar 2012Elphinstone Road, (Opp 64 Elphinstone Road) Hastings
Received 14 Mar 20126 Dudley Road, Hastings, TN35 5JP
Received 16 Mar 201240 Abbotsfield Close, Hastings, TN34 2DT
Received 16 Mar 2012Basement right, 40A Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 28 Mar 201288 Willingdon Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HE
Received 19 Mar 20121 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DP
Received 19 Mar 2012218 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 16 Mar 20128 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 19 Mar 201246 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 19 Mar 201230-32 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 19 Mar 2012Flat 2, 94 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LR
Received 20 Mar 201276 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 20 Mar 201224 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 20 Mar 2012Land south of, 12-17 Catsfield Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Mar 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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