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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.
6,946 approved · 1,056 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Lyndhurst Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2BD
Received 29 Jul 2016176 Parker Road and 64 Upper broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3TU
Received 28 Jul 2016First Floor Stores, 8 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NN
Received 29 Jul 20161 Beauport Lodge Cottages, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 2 Aug 20161 Beauport Lodge Cottages, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 2 Aug 2016126 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 2 Aug 20167 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 2 Aug 2016Land north of 11 and 14 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 2 Aug 201655 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HZ
Received 2 Aug 201688 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DP
Received 3 Aug 20164 Victoria Cottages, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BQ
Received 3 Aug 2016Footpath leading from Castle Hill Road to Hastings Castle, Hastings
Received 5 Aug 201631 Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 8 Aug 2016Land rear of 4-11 Oliver Close, Bohemia Road, Hastings
Received 5 Aug 2016250 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 5 Aug 201627 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 8 Aug 201610 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 8 Aug 2016Land west side of, Rock Lane, Hastings
Received 8 Aug 2016Land South of Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Aug 2016206 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SR
Received 9 Aug 20161 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 9 Aug 201617A Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 9 Aug 2016The Cupola, Belmont Road, Hastings, TN35 5NR
Received 10 Aug 2016The Cupola, Belmont Road, Hastings, TN35 5NR
Received 10 Aug 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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