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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.
11,250 approved · 1,669 refused · 882 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
177 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DY
Received 25 Jun 201251 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 26 Jun 201214 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LU
Received 26 Jun 201211 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 26 Jun 201212 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 27 Jun 201212 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 27 Jun 201233 Cambridge Road, Hastings
Received 28 Jun 2012381 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5HG
Received 29 Jun 2012Three arches 4-5 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 28 Jun 201264 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RL
Received 29 Jun 2012Flat 9 Park Lodge Court, Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JQ
Received 27 Jun 201239 Chambers Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HY
Received 2 Jul 20122 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1EB
Received 2 Jul 2012201/201A Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AJ
Received 2 Jul 20126-8 Pelham Arcade, Hastings
Received 27 Jun 201271 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DE
Received 3 Jul 201248 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 3 Jul 20126-8 Pelham Arcade, Hastings
Received 28 Jun 2012Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 3 Jul 201261 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 5 Jul 2012128 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 3 Jul 2012The Old Wash House Rear Of 72, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EL
Received 25 Jun 201225A High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 9 Jul 20127 Telham Close, Hastings, TN34 2UQ
Received 9 Jul 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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