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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.
6,991 approved · 1,057 refused · 578 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JL
Received 26 Sept 201610-11 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 26 Sept 201690 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 22 Sept 2016Land rear of 372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 23 Sept 20167 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 26 Sept 2016825 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 26 Sept 2016Shop, 4-5 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 27 Sept 201645 Moscow Road, Hastings, TN35 5LP
Received 26 Sept 201661 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 27 Sept 201631 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 27 Sept 2016Land adjacent to 81 Park Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2PW
Received 19 Sept 2016Flat 12, Du Cros House, 37 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RB
Received 27 Sept 20166 Mildenhall Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EF
Received 27 Sept 20163 The Hawthorns, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 27 Sept 2016Land adjoining 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 28 Sept 201625-29 Ashburnham Road, Hastings
Received 28 Sept 2016815-817 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 29 Sept 2016297 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JN
Received 29 Sept 20161 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BA
Received 29 Sept 201629 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LS
Received 30 Sept 201612 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 30 Sept 201618 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 30 Sept 2016Shop, 35 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DX
Received 30 Sept 20161 Grand Court, Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DW
Received 3 Oct 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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