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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.
7,340 approved · 1,103 refused · 624 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent 22, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 19 Jul 201720 Clive Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5LW
Received 10 Jul 20173-5 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 20 Jul 201721 St Peters Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JG
Received 20 Jul 201722 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DF
Received 20 Jul 20172 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 20 Jul 2017192 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AL
Received 21 Jul 2017126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 24 Jul 2017126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 24 Jul 201796 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 24 Jul 201716-17 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 24 Jul 201755 Park Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2PW
Received 21 Jul 2017Shepherds Cottage, Fairlight Place, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 24 Jul 2017Hawthorn Cottage, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 24 Jul 2017Delivery Office, Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1AD
Received 25 Jul 20176 Avebury House, St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2EX
Received 25 Jul 20178 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BX
Received 24 Jul 2017381-391 Old London Road,(former Hare & Hounds public house and adjoining car sales yard), Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 25 Jul 201731 Willowbed Walk, Hastings, TN34 2QL
Received 25 Jul 20175 Kensington Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TL
Received 25 Jul 201710 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 26 Jul 201721 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JY
Received 26 Jul 2017Holy Trinity Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 26 Jul 20172 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 26 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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