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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,172 approved · 1,649 refused · 880 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rocklands Holiday Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 29 May 2012Site east of 27, St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Received 29 May 2012Ambulance Station, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
Received 29 May 2012128 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 30 May 20128 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 29 May 201257 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HJ
Received 30 May 2012Opp 90 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 31 May 20127 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 31 May 2012219 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 1 Jun 201250 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RQ
Received 1 Jun 2012438 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 6 Jun 201222 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 31 May 2012Flat 9, Quebec Mansions, 102 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 31 May 201236-40 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 6 Jun 2012Lennox House, 141 The Ridge, Hastings
Received 28 May 2012The Langham Hotel, 16 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EQ
Received 1 Jun 201275 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AN
Received 6 Jun 201297 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EJ
Received 6 Jun 201280 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Jun 20121 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 7 Jun 2012Fishermens Museum, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 8 Jun 2012Land rear of 29 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SX
Received 6 Jun 2012Site of former 5 to 15 odds, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 11 Jun 20121-2 Villa Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EJ
Received 11 Jun 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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