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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.
11,323 approved · 1,679 refused · 886 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of, 38 Nelson Road, Hastings
Received 19 Jul 201242 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AE
Received 18 Jul 20127 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 19 Jul 2012Allotments Rear Of 26, Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Received 19 Jul 2012Land between St Leonards Lodge, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HW & 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 OJG
Received 23 Jul 2012Garden Area in front of Trade Paints rear of, 55 High Street, Hastings
Received 20 Jul 2012488 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 20 Jul 201236 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 20 Jul 2012Sussex Coast College Hastings, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 20 Jul 2012122 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EG
Received 23 Jul 201282 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 24 Jul 2012Public House and Premises, 43 White Rock, Hastings
Received 20 Jul 201214 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 20 Jul 2012115 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PD
Received 25 Jul 2012Cinema, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 26 Jul 2012Land at Site of Former, 155-157 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 26 Jul 2012Former Westerleigh School northern playing field, Hollington Park Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jul 2012Land to the North of, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jul 201282 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 27 Jul 2012117 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BB
Received 26 Jul 201210 Villa Road, Formally The Old Rectory, St Margarets Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EJ
Received 26 Jul 201231 Cookson Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5QH
Received 27 Jul 2012West Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea (R/O 50 Marina)
Received 27 Jul 201212 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EF
Received 27 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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