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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.
6,955 approved · 1,056 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
San Bento, 103 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 10 Aug 2016Garage On The Green, The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 10 Aug 2016Garage On The Green, The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 10 Aug 2016The Royal Standard, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 11 Aug 2016The Royal Standard, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 11 Aug 20164 Sandwich Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XJ
Received 12 Aug 2016Old Town Hall Museum, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 12 Aug 2016Building A, York Road Buildings between, 4-6 York Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PU
Received 11 Aug 2016Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 12 Aug 20163 & 4 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 12 Aug 2016172 Bohemia Road (First floor only), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 12 Aug 201656 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 15 Aug 201678 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AU
Received 15 Aug 201612-13 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings
Received 15 Aug 201612-13 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings
Received 15 Aug 2016Queensway North, Queensway, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Aug 2016Land to North Side of Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Aug 201616C Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 4 Aug 2016Flat 4, Palm Court, 36 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 16 Aug 201620 The Slides, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LE
Received 17 Aug 2016248 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 17 Aug 2016Palace Court, 36 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 17 Aug 2016Palace Court, 36 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 17 Aug 2016Ore Business Park, Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 15 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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