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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.
11,113 approved · 1,639 refused · 873 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 10 May 201248 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 10 May 20122 Baird Drive, Hastings, TN34 2JL
Received 10 May 2012Harrow Stores, 222 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 May 201266-70 Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 11 May 201232 Wartling Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QX
Received 11 May 201238 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 11 May 20122 Portland Terrace, Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QG
Received 11 May 2012237 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LU
Received 14 May 20122-3 Bank Buildings, Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG
Received 14 May 2012Fairlight Place Farmhouse, Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 10 May 2012116 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JT
Received 14 May 201234 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PR
Received 11 May 201216 Grange Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QE
Received 11 May 20121 Old House Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2JS
Received 11 May 20128 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 14 May 201237 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 11 May 2012The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 16 May 201230 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JR
Received 16 May 2012Land Adjacent Castledown, 25 Castledown Avenue, Hastings
Received 16 May 2012The Laurels Nursing Home, 71 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NB
Received 16 May 2012Wychnour Cottage, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BP
Received 18 May 2012200 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ES
Received 17 May 2012Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 18 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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