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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.
7,180 approved · 1,072 refused · 601 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Kensington Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TL
Received 16 Feb 201714 Viewbank, Hastings, TN35 5HB
Received 16 Feb 2017First Floor Flat, 78 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 16 Feb 2017375 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 16 Feb 2017Flamingo Park, The Stade, Hastings
Received 17 Feb 2017Flamingo Park, The Stade, Hastings
Received 17 Feb 20176 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 20 Feb 20171-3 Saxon Mansions, Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DE
Received 20 Feb 2017Land rear of, 15-23 Moscow Road, Hastings
Received 20 Feb 2017130 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LT
Received 20 Feb 2017Ground Floor, 21 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AA
Received 20 Feb 2017Ground floor flat, 3 Priory Houses, St Michaels Place, Hastings, TN34 1LL
Received 20 Feb 201717 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 21 Feb 2017The Gables, 6 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 21 Feb 201754-56 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TN
Received 21 Feb 2017114 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 21 Feb 201799 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PX
Received 21 Feb 201724-30 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AP
Received 21 Feb 201727 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 22 Feb 201721 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 22 Feb 201725-29 Ashburnham Road, Hastings
Received 22 Feb 2017Bay Tree Barn, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5NT
Received 22 Feb 20171 Kildare Close, Hastings, TN34 2UA
Received 22 Feb 2017175 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5LL
Received 23 Feb 2017Records 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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