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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.
11,048 approved · 1,621 refused · 868 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46A Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 20 Apr 201217 Hythe Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BE
Received 20 Apr 201210 Hornbeam Heights, Hawthorn Road, Hastings, TN35 5GG
Received 20 Apr 201212A Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RR
Received 23 Apr 2012356 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BB
Received 24 Apr 201240 Oxford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EY
Received 24 Apr 201285 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RS
Received 24 Apr 201225 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DG
Received 23 Apr 2012355 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 24 Apr 2012The Havelock Public House, 27 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 25 Apr 2012The Havelock Public House, 27 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 25 Apr 201229 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SX
Received 25 Apr 2012Former Focus DIY Store, 599 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 25 Apr 2012Land west of The Old Rectory, St Margarets Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Apr 201282 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NT
Received 26 Apr 201213 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 26 Apr 2012Flat 5, 385 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 27 Apr 201214 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 27 Apr 2012Rear of 23 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 30 Apr 2012Aldersgate Terrace, Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 30 Apr 20129 Wrotham Close, Hastings, TN34 2RP
Received 30 Apr 201230 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB
Received 30 Apr 2012Land adjacent to, 28 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 30 Apr 2012Glyne Gap Field, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 May 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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