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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.
11,355 approved · 1,683 refused · 888 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heybridge, 63 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3JU
Received 30 Jul 2012Land rear of, 195 and 197 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 27 Jul 2012107 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RS
Received 28 Jul 201210 Stirling Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NW
Received 30 Jul 2012198 Queens Road, Hastings
Received 31 Jul 2012361 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 1 Aug 2012Combe Valley Countryside Park, Bexhill Road
Received 1 Aug 2012Shop and Premises, 22 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 2 Aug 2012Shop and Premises, 22 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 2 Aug 2012Moreton Resource Centre, Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 2 Aug 2012The Barn, Fairlight Place, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 2 Aug 201210 Hornbeam Heights, Hawthorn Road, Hastings, TN35 5GG
Received 1 Aug 201222 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1TA
Received 2 Aug 2012Hillside, 5 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AS
Received 3 Aug 2012Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Aug 2012Hastings College, 80 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Aug 2012Land adjacent to, 28 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Aug 2012The Sussex Exchange, Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 6 Aug 20125 Burgess Road, Hastings, TN35 4NR
Received 7 Aug 201286 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 3 Aug 201264C High Street, Hastings
Received 3 Aug 2012Land rear of 38-40 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RZ
Received 7 Aug 201293 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1EP
Received 7 Aug 201233 Blacklands Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DH
Received 7 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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