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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.
10,946 approved · 1,585 refused · 862 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Supermarket, Church Wood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RB
Received 4 Apr 201257 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 5 Apr 2012245 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 5 Apr 201248 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 5 Apr 2012Flat 4, 34 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB
Received 5 Apr 20122 Valley Side Road, Hastings, TN35 5AD
Received 5 Apr 2012First Floor And Second Floor, 5 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 6 Apr 2012William Parker School, 48 Parkstone Road, Hastings
Received 11 Apr 2012Proposed Play Area, The Stade, Hastings
Received 5 Apr 2012106 Saxon Road, Hastings, TN35 5HH
Received 9 Apr 2012Proposed Play Area, Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Apr 2012Proposed Play Area, Sea Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Apr 2012Lower Lift Station, West Hill Lift, George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 10 Apr 201284 Quebec Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HT
Received 9 Apr 2012Promenade adjacent Western Courtyard, Former White Rock Ice Rink, 45 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 10 Apr 2012The Lodge, Linton Gardens, Braybrooke Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1TD
Received 6 Apr 201242 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AE
Received 10 Apr 2012Queensbury House, and 2 to 7 Havelock Rd, and 31 to 35 Priory Street Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 10 Apr 201212 Wishing Tree Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JG
Received 11 Apr 2012St Josephs, 1 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JY
Received 11 Apr 20121-2 Market Terrace, Market Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DB
Received 10 Apr 20121 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DH
Received 12 Apr 2012Land rear of 1 Stapley Close, Stapley Close, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 12 Apr 20125A Lamorna Court, 32 De Cham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JA
Received 12 Apr 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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