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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.
6,815 approved · 1,049 refused · 567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 2015 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent 22, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 30 May 2016Land adjacent 22, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 30 May 2016488 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 1 Jun 20167 Seymour Villas, Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2AQ
Received 25 May 2016Hastings Pier, The Pier, Hastings
Received 27 Apr 201663 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 30 May 2016Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 30 May 2016248 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 30 May 20163 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 30 May 2016Fulmars, (Former Ice & Tan House) 22-24 Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 31 May 2016The Alexandra, 32-35 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QP
Received 31 May 20164 Pashley Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1PW
Received 30 May 2016185 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 31 May 20161 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 1 Jun 20166 Ditchling Drive, Hastings, TN35 5EX
Received 1 Jun 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 27 May 2016McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 2 Jun 2016McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 2 Jun 201680 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BS
Received 2 Jun 2016HSBC, 4-5 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HW
Received 3 Jun 201621 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LG
Received 2 Jun 201664 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 6 Jun 2016435 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 2 Jun 2016237 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NE
Received 24 Apr 2017Records 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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