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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.
6,830 approved · 1,052 refused · 569 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
St Lukes Church, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 7 Jun 20161 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 8 Jun 2016Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North),St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Jun 2016Beauport Holiday Park, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 9 Jun 2016406-410 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 9 Jun 201646 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 9 Jun 201629 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 10 Jun 201691 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 9 Jun 201691 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 9 Jun 20165 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 13 Jun 2016Trinity Hall, Braybrooke Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1HQ
Received 13 Jun 201610 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 13 Jun 2016Land to rear of 1-3 Waterloo Close, St Leonards-on-Sea
Received 13 Jun 2016Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 8 Jun 201615 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3BT
Received 13 Jun 2016Fabee Nursing Home, 35 Fearon Road, Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 13 Jun 2016Land off, Robert Tressell Close, Hastings, TN34 1UP
Received 14 Jun 201659-61 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HY
Received 13 Jun 201681 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HZ
Received 15 Jun 2016121 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SL
Received 14 Jun 201631 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 15 Jun 20166 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 16 Jun 201661 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 16 Jun 201634 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JR
Received 15 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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