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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.
6,979 approved · 1,056 refused · 576 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NU
Received 8 Sept 201628 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 8 Sept 2016Land adjacent to 1 Welton Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RG
Received 9 Sept 2016Flat 8, 109 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 9 Sept 20163 Regent Place, (rear) and 440 Battle Road (rear) St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QG
Received 9 Sept 201610 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 12 Sept 201630-32 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 12 Sept 2016J Sainsbury PLC, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 12 Sept 2016Flat 4, 39 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 12 Sept 201642 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 12 Sept 2016Land to rear of Bakery and Premises, 1 Highfield Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UB
Received 12 Sept 201618 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 12 Sept 20161 Waterloo Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QW
Received 12 Sept 201635 Blacklands Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DH
Received 13 Sept 201626 Moorhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NB
Received 13 Sept 2016124 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JT
Received 13 Sept 201625 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 12 Sept 2016Site of Former Dane Court Nursing Home, 32-36 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 13 Sept 2016Hillside, 5 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AS
Received 14 Sept 201610 Henderson Close, Hastings, TN34 2DU
Received 14 Sept 2016Ullathorne, 110 St Helens Park Road, Hastings
Received 15 Sept 2016Half Man Half Burger, 7 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Sept 2016Woodlyn Cottage, 1 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 15 Sept 2016Playing field at Farley Bank, Hastings
Received 16 Sept 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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