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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.
11,291 approved · 1,677 refused · 883 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
75-77 Willingdon Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HE
Received 9 Jul 201267 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Jul 201233 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LB
Received 10 Jul 2012Site of former 5 to 15 odds, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 10 Jul 2012410 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 12 Jul 2012Verge on junction of Georgian Walk and Allbourne Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38
Received 12 Jul 2012118 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LZ
Received 12 Jul 20122 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 12 Jul 201299 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PD
Received 13 Jul 20129-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 13 Jul 201244 Belmont Road, Hastings, TN35 5NR
Received 16 Jul 2012South Lodge West, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Jul 201252A Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QZ
Received 16 Jul 2012First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 41 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EG
Received 17 Jul 2012Land off, Robert Tressell Close, Hastings, TN34 1UP
Received 17 Jul 2012Land off, Robert Tressell Close, Hastings, TN34 1UP
Received 17 Jul 201281 Park Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2PW
Received 17 Jul 20124 Sinnock Square, Hastings, TN34 3HQ
Received 17 Jul 201250 St Helens Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2QR
Received 18 Jul 2012Burton Way, (S/O Royal Victoria Hotel), Hastings, East Sussex (PCP013V3)
Received 17 Jul 2012High Street, Hastings (Opposite 66 High Street)
Received 17 Jul 2012Adj. 36 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 19 Jul 2012Neptune Restaurant, 4- 6 Pleasant Row, Hastings
Received 19 Jul 2012Opposite 32 Quarry Road, Hastings
Received 19 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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