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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.
11,408 approved · 1,697 refused · 892 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Focus Store, Unit 2, 599 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 15 Aug 2012Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 15 Aug 20125 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 16 Aug 2012Land adjacent to, 28 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Aug 2012Ground Floor, 37 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Aug 2012Land south of, 12-17 Catsfield Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Aug 2012Playground, Boyne Road, Hastings
Received 22 Aug 2012232 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 22 Aug 20122 Moorhurst Road, Conqueror Ind Estate, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NA
Received 22 Aug 201219 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 22 Aug 20129 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 22 Aug 201219 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 21 Aug 201219 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 21 Aug 201221 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 22 Aug 2012Saxon Mansions, Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DE
Received 22 Aug 2012Law Courts, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 22 Aug 2012107 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RS
Received 23 Aug 2012Land adjoining Croft Lodge, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7PP
Received 27 Aug 2012Hillside 54, Milward Crescent, Hastings
Received 27 Aug 2012Kingsdowne, 24 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 27 Aug 201245 Paynton Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DY
Received 27 Aug 201274A Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RL
Received 24 Aug 20122 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 28 Aug 2012101 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 28 Aug 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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