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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.
7,273 approved · 1,091 refused · 618 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 East Hill Passage, Hastings, TN34 3DB
Received 13 Apr 201735 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 19 Apr 201726 Perth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EB
Received 18 Apr 201747 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 20 Apr 201740 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DJ
Received 19 Apr 2017Land adjacent 115, Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings
Received 19 Apr 2017101 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 21 Apr 201732 Holmhurst Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LW
Received 21 Apr 20172 St Marys Cottages, Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ES
Received 21 Apr 201710 Marine Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AG
Received 21 Apr 2017Flat 3, 14 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TS
Received 24 Apr 2017585 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AX
Received 24 Apr 201762 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 22 Apr 2017Basement And Ground Floor, 37 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EG
Received 25 Apr 2017219 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 25 Apr 201724 Upper Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SL
Received 24 Apr 2017Old Stamco Yard,Cinque Ports Way( Land to Rear of 71 Bexhill Road), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0FD
Received 24 Apr 2017Sandown Primary School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 26 Apr 201757 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 25 Apr 2017Queensway North, Queensway, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Apr 2017Go Kart Track, East Parade, Hastings
Received 25 Apr 201712 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 26 Apr 201745 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 26 Apr 2017200 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EA
Received 27 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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