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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.
6,986 approved · 1,057 refused · 577 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Summerfields Business Centre, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1UT
Received 16 Sept 201694 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 16 Sept 201672 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 16 Sept 2016Healey House Rest Home, 3 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 16 Sept 20167 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 19 Sept 2016The Norman Arms, 1 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 16 Sept 201690 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 19 Sept 20169 Wartling Gardens, Wartling Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AH
Received 19 Sept 20162 Silvan Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RD
Received 20 Sept 201644 Winchelsea Road, Hastings, TN35 4JU
Received 19 Sept 20161 Barnfield Close, Hastings, TN34 1TS
Received 20 Sept 2016Marks & Spencer PLC, Unit Vs1, Kings Walk, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 20 Sept 201626 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 20 Sept 2016182 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JZ
Received 20 Sept 201653 Cliftonville Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AG
Received 21 Sept 2016115 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BB
Received 20 Sept 20164 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 22 Sept 2016Flat 3, (First floor) 45 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Sept 201638 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Sept 201638 Harbour Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EP
Received 23 Sept 2016127 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RL
Received 23 Sept 201640 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ
Received 26 Sept 2016Flat 4, 11 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 23 Sept 2016138 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 23 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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