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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.
11,456 approved · 1,707 refused · 896 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 5 Sept 201211 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 5 Sept 201299 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AB
Received 6 Sept 20129 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 6 Sept 2012Land Rear of, 20 Wartling Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QX
Received 3 Sept 20128-9 Harold Place, Hastings, TN34 1JA
Received 6 Sept 201254 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 7 Sept 2012Land south of 81, St Helens Park Road, Hastings
Received 7 Sept 201219 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 7 Sept 201210 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 7 Sept 20123 Chatfield Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SF
Received 10 Sept 2012St Clements Church, Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3JU
Received 10 Sept 201276 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN
Received 7 Sept 2012Remains of Old St Helens Church, Ore Place, Hastings
Received 10 Sept 20123 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 11 Sept 2012Argyle Guest House, 32 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 11 Sept 2012Remains of Old St Helens Church, Ore Place, Hastings
Received 10 Sept 201220 Newlands Close, Hastings, TN34 2QW
Received 11 Sept 201256 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RL
Received 13 Sept 2012Flat 3, 16 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RD
Received 13 Sept 2012Amherst Lawn Tennis Club, Amherst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1TU
Received 14 Sept 201213 Dorset Place, Hastings, TN34 1LG
Received 17 Sept 201226 Cavendish Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NR
Received 17 Sept 2012Sussex Coast College Hastings, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 18 Sept 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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