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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.
11,077 approved · 1,629 refused · 870 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 2 May 20128 Epsom Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WG
Received 2 May 2012Beauport Holiday Park, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 2 May 20121 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DH
Received 3 May 201243 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 3 May 201240 Abbotsfield Close, Hastings, TN34 2DT
Received 3 May 2012Flat 2, 4 Anglesea Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QS
Received 4 May 201223 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 4 May 2012Stable Flat, Fairlight Place, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 4 May 2012103 Braybrooke Road, Hastings
Received 4 May 201230 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 4 May 2012Castledown County Primary School, Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3QT
Received 8 May 201259 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 8 May 20122 Hardrada Rise, Hastings
Received 8 May 20122 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 8 May 20127 Hare Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UG
Received 8 May 201235 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 8 May 2012Former Nursery Site, Redgeland Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JT
Received 9 May 2012Land Rear of 38 to 40, Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RZ
Received 7 May 201240 Clive Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5LW
Received 7 May 2012The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA
Received 10 May 2012Amberley, 13 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 10 May 2012Hastings College of Art and Technology, Parker Road, Hastings
Received 10 May 2012199 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 10 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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