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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.
6,931 approved · 1,056 refused · 575 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 12 Jul 201647 Mildenhall Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EE
Received 12 Jul 2016Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Jul 2016Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Jul 201613 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 13 Jul 201613 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 13 Jul 2016Glenmar Rest Home, 2 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 14 Jul 2016Land Adjoining, 14-16 Harley Way, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Jul 2016Indoor Bowls Centre, White Rock Pleasure Gardens, Falaise Road, Hastings, TN34 1EU
Received 14 Jul 201621 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 14 Jul 20162 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 15 Jul 20166 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 14 Jul 2016Birchwood Ford Showrooms, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 15 Jul 201625 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LT
Received 14 Jul 2016The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 14 Jul 20163 Sandhurst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SW
Received 18 Jul 20169 St Margarets Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EN
Received 18 Jul 2016Conquerors March (site of former Hurst Court),316 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RA
Received 18 Jul 201619 High Beech Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TT
Received 18 Jul 2016Land next to 1 Waterloo Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QW
Received 18 Jul 201625 St Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SR
Received 18 Jul 2016Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane,St Leonards-on-sea (Rossetti Gardens)
Received 19 Jul 201649 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JS
Received 20 Jul 2016McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 21 Jul 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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