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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,971 approved · 1,056 refused · 576 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 2015 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 29 Aug 2016Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 29 Aug 20162 Speckled Wood, Hastings, TN35 5AH
Received 30 Aug 201614 Viewbank, Hastings, TN35 5HB
Received 25 Aug 20169 & 11 The Kestrels, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LW
Received 25 Aug 201623 St Peters Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JG
Received 30 Aug 2016Land between 13 and 16, Edward Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LP
Received 1 Sept 201662 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LN
Received 1 Sept 201616 Belvedere Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WE
Received 1 Sept 201653 Ashford Way, Hastings, TN34 2HG
Received 2 Sept 2016Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North),St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Sept 201670 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 2 Sept 201699 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PX
Received 2 Sept 2016Land off Robert Tressell Close, Hastings, TN34 1UP
Received 5 Sept 2016Old Town Hall Museum, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 5 Sept 2016Underground Car Park, Carlisle Parade, Hastings
Received 2 Sept 20162 Byways, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QX
Received 5 Sept 20161 Baird Drive, Hastings, TN34 2JL
Received 6 Sept 201625 Fairstone Close, Hastings, TN35 5EZ
Received 6 Sept 20161 Manston Way, Hastings, TN34 2TA
Received 7 Sept 201667 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 7 Sept 201618 Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JJ
Received 6 Sept 2016Kenrith Court, St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2SQ
Received 8 Sept 2016Penang, 32 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Sept 2016Records 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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