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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.
6,819 approved · 1,051 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Margaret's Road/White Rock Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1LE
Received 31 May 2016130 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 6 Jun 20166 The Fairway, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UT
Received 6 Jun 2016Flat 5, 50 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BS
Received 6 Jun 20164 Paddock Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JJ
Received 6 Jun 201630 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JH
Received 6 Jun 2016440 Battle Road & 1 The Hawthorns, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 7 Jun 2016Footpath adjacent 24 Welton Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RA
Received 7 Jun 201644 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JL
Received 7 Jun 2016Land rear of 5 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 7 Jun 20163 Lynwood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HT
Received 6 Jun 201622-26 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 7 Jun 201617 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SU
Received 6 Jun 2016409 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RJ
Received 6 Jun 20168 The Lawn, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HH
Received 7 Jun 2016211 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 7 Jun 201612-13 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NN
Received 7 Jun 201637 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 7 Jun 2016McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 8 Jun 2016Land rear of 73, Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Jun 2016First Floor Flat, 9B Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 8 Jun 201632 Chanctonbury Drive, Hastings, TN34 2QN
Received 8 Jun 2016126 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NN
Received 9 Jun 2016Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 8 Jun 2016Records 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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