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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.
7,313 approved · 1,096 refused · 621 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
136 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AY
Received 6 Jun 20173 & 4 Trinity Mews, Dorset Place, Hastings, TN34 1LQ
Received 5 Jun 201720 Tudor Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NS
Received 6 Jun 201716 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 6 Jun 2017Shop and Premises, 1 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 7 Jun 2017Shop and Premises, 1 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 7 Jun 2017Site of former Delivery Sorting Office adjacent 57, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 31 May 20175 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 7 Jun 20172 Playden Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SH
Received 7 Jun 2017First Floor Flat 3, 6 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 5 Jun 201772 Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 6 Jun 2017550 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BN
Received 7 Jun 20172 Silchester Mews Rear of 7 Silchester Road
Received 8 Jun 201773 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AD
Received 8 Jun 2017Land rear of 23, Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 12 Jun 2017Lantern House, 142 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DR
Received 9 Jun 201791 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SL
Received 9 Jun 2017Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 8 Jun 2017Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 8 Jun 201782 Elphinstone Road,(on land to the rear of 78) Hastings, TN34 2BS
Received 9 Jun 20174-5 Seymour Villas, Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2AQ
Received 9 Jun 2017Sussex Police Mast, North Seat, Mill Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 5DP
Received 2 Jun 2017130 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 12 Jun 2017Land to the rear of United Reformed Church, Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 7 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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