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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.
11,547 approved · 1,739 refused · 902 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 East Hill Passage, Hastings, TN34 3DB
Received 19 Oct 2012Land rear of 38-40 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RZ
Received 22 Oct 20127 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 22 Oct 2012Ground Floor, 41 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EG
Received 22 Oct 2012Land rear of, 207-219 Priory Road, Hastings
Received 22 Oct 201266 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 22 Oct 2012Shop and Premises, 35 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 22 Oct 2012100 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HZ
Received 22 Oct 201289 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RJ
Received 22 Oct 201224 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 22 Oct 2012Fallowfield, Linley Drive, Hastings
Received 22 Oct 2012Site of former, 80 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AR
Received 22 Oct 20127 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 23 Oct 2012Land Rear Of 39, Hillside Road and 5 Streamside Close, Hastings
Received 23 Oct 201227 Fearon Road, Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 23 Oct 201210 Stonelink Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QS
Received 23 Oct 201227 Fearon Road, Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 24 Oct 20124 & 5 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 24 Oct 201266-70 Middle Road, Hastings
Received 24 Oct 2012Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Oct 2012Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Oct 20121 Union Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HA
Received 25 Oct 201254 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JB
Received 25 Oct 20125 King Edward Close, Hastings, TN34 2NP
Received 25 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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