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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.
7,193 approved · 1,076 refused · 602 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Apr 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
470 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 23 Feb 2017126 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 23 Feb 201728 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NS
Received 23 Feb 20175 Amberley View, St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3PW
Received 24 Feb 201749 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 27 Feb 2017Woodbine Cottage, 2 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 27 Feb 2017First Floor Front Flat 3, 6 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BX
Received 27 Feb 2017Hillside, 5 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AS
Received 27 Feb 201735 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BJ
Received 27 Feb 201717 Tuppenney Close, Hastings, TN35 5QJ
Received 28 Feb 20173 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 28 Feb 2017West Hill Villa, Cobourg Place, Hastings, TN34 3HY
Received 1 Mar 201735 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 1 Mar 201729 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 28 Feb 2017197 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 2 Mar 2017Flat 14, Wilton House, Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AG
Received 3 Mar 201717 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 3 Mar 2017Flat 1, 17 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DP
Received 2 Mar 20173 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 28 Feb 20173 Wishing Tree Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LL
Received 3 Mar 2017West Hill Pavilion Workshop, Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 3 Mar 2017Ore Business Park, Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 6 Mar 201775 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DE
Received 2 Mar 2017Robsack Wood Primary Academy, 100 Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 3 Mar 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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