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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.
7,257 approved · 1,085 refused · 616 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3-5 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 16 Mar 2017Gibbons Memorial Field, Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 24 Mar 201747 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2QP
Received 28 Mar 2017Flat 7, Wilton House, 1 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AG
Received 28 Mar 201767 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 27 Mar 201719 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 29 Mar 201733 Cookson Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5QH
Received 29 Mar 2017Amberley, 13 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 29 Mar 2017153 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 21 Mar 201726 Silvan Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RD
Received 30 Mar 201719 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DN
Received 30 Mar 2017Sydney Cottage, 1 Sedlescombe Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TD
Received 30 Mar 201725 Coneyburrow Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RZ
Received 31 Mar 2017First Floor Flat, 32 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BS
Received 30 Mar 201738 Harbour Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EP
Received 31 Mar 2017South Saxon House Surgery, 4 Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 30 Mar 201767 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LE
Received 3 Apr 201726 Briers Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NN
Received 3 Apr 201717 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 3 Apr 201773 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RA
Received 3 Apr 2017Land rear of 5 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 3 Apr 201730A St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Received 4 Apr 201726 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 4 Apr 20176 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 4 Apr 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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