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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.
7,327 approved · 1,099 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Buchanan Hospital, Springfield Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0TU
Received 28 Jun 2017Sturdee Place, Hastings
Received 27 Jun 20174 Mistral Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RY
Received 26 Jun 201772 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 26 Jun 201712 Belvedere Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WE
Received 27 Jun 2017West Hill Pavilion Workshop, Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 27 Jun 2017Shearbarn Holiday Park, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DX
Received 28 Jun 20175 Fairstone Close, Hastings, TN35 5EZ
Received 29 Jun 201723 Ledsham Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LQ
Received 29 Jun 201722 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 28 Jun 2017Rossetti Gardens, Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Jun 20176 The Fairway, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UT
Received 26 Jun 2017Rossetti Gardens, Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Jun 2017Rossetti Gardens, Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Jun 2017112 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 28 Jun 2017206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 29 Jun 201744 Willingdon Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HF
Received 29 Jun 2017Land rear of 16 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 30 Jun 201772 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NE
Received 30 Jun 2017Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 3 Jul 2017Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 3 Jul 201725 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX
Received 3 Jul 2017Flat 2, 36 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SH
Received 3 Jul 2017108 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 4 Jul 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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