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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.
6,964 approved · 1,056 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 2, 25 Moorhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NB
Received 18 Aug 201649 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 18 Aug 20162 Regent Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QG
Received 19 Aug 2016Land rear of, 34-44 Cooden Ledge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Aug 2016Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QR
Received 18 Aug 2016156 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 19 Aug 201619 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB
Received 22 Aug 2016Top Floor Flat, 72 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 22 Aug 201646 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 22 Aug 2016Land Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34
Received 17 Aug 2016Flat 3, The Gables, 2 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JZ
Received 20 Aug 20161/1A Maze Hill Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HJ
Received 19 Aug 2016488 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 23 Aug 2016Land to rear of 20-24 Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 23 Aug 201650 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 23 Aug 20161- 4 Seaview Close, (formerly 55 Collinswood Drive), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Aug 20161/1A Maze Hill Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HJ
Received 19 Aug 2016Second Floor Flat,(Top) 19 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HE
Received 23 Aug 2016Grand Court, Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DW
Received 24 Aug 2016Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 24 Aug 2016Supermarket, 32-36 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LS
Received 25 Aug 2016440 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 26 Aug 20162 Speckled Wood, Hastings, TN35 5AH
Received 26 Aug 2016Hawthorn Cottage, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 26 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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