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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.
11,529 approved · 1,733 refused · 902 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
75/77 Willingdon Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HE
Received 9 Oct 2012Flat 1, 29 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 11 Oct 201283 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 8 Oct 201222 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 12 Oct 2012The White House Hotel, 12 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 1 Oct 2012The Nags Head, 8 - 9 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ER
Received 11 Oct 201245 Brookland Close, Hastings, TN34 2DF
Received 15 Oct 2012Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 12 Oct 20128 Beaulieu Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QE
Received 15 Oct 20122 Hardrada Rise, Hastings
Received 15 Oct 2012Torfield Close, Hastings, TN34 3EU
Received 15 Oct 2012Public House and Premises, 43 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 15 Oct 2012Scientific House, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 16 Oct 2012Scientific House, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 16 Oct 2012St Leonards Academy Edinburgh Campus, Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8HH
Received 16 Oct 201283 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PL
Received 16 Oct 2012B&Q, Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 16 Oct 201232C Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 16 Oct 201229 Magpie Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DY
Received 17 Oct 2012Kaieteur, 44A The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 18 Oct 20121 Woodcombe, Hastings, TN34 2RU
Received 17 Oct 20127 Union Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HA
Received 18 Oct 201280 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AR
Received 18 Oct 201227 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5ED
Received 19 Oct 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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