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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,575 approved · 1,744 refused · 902 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Crown Court, Crown Lane, Hastings, TN34 3DJ
Received 1 Nov 2012Bryher Court Nursing Home, 85 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Oct 201236 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 29 Oct 20124 Marianne House, Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 30 Oct 20124 Marianne House, Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 30 Oct 2012First floor offices, 9-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 29 Oct 201253-57 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HY
Received 30 Oct 201219 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 31 Oct 201278 Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 30 Oct 201245 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 31 Oct 2012Unit A and Unit E, Former Ryecroft site, Brook Way, off Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 31 Oct 2012Former Postal Office Sorting Depot, Land adjacent to St Leonards Railway Station, Kings Road, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 6DY
Received 1 Nov 2012192 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EA
Received 31 Oct 2012Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Nov 2012226 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 1 Nov 2012Plot Q2, Gresley Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 2 Nov 201231 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JL
Received 2 Nov 2012Bethune Court, 30 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 5 Nov 2012237 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LU
Received 2 Nov 20124 Bedgebury Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SN
Received 2 Nov 2012Restaurant And Premises, 5 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 2 Nov 2012Units 1 To 21, Stirling Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NP
Received 2 Nov 2012Egerton Cottage, Sinnock Passage, Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HQ
Received 5 Nov 20123 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 5 Nov 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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