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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.
7,307 approved · 1,096 refused · 621 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Burgess Road, Hastings, TN35 4NR
Received 24 May 2017Site of former 57-59, Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 May 201752 Rock Lane, Hastings, TN35 4JN
Received 24 May 2017Site of 19 South Street, and 29 London Road St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 May 2017One Stop Shop, 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TW
Received 24 May 2017One Stop Shop, 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TW
Received 24 May 201760 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 25 May 201720 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UG
Received 26 May 2017372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 26 May 201750 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 26 May 2017129 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TP
Received 30 May 2017175 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5LL
Received 30 May 20175 Moscow Road, Hastings, TN35 5LP
Received 30 May 2017Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 30 May 201710 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 31 May 201717 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 31 May 2017151 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 31 May 2017Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 1 Trinity Street, Hastings, TN34 1HG
Received 31 May 2017Pheonix Guest House, 41 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 31 May 201737 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LA
Received 2 Jun 201742 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3BU
Received 5 Jun 2017Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 2 Jun 2017Land North of 31, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 6 Jun 2017South Saxon House, 150A Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 6 Jun 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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