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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.
7,005 approved · 1,058 refused · 579 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
479 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BP
Received 3 Oct 20161 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1TA
Received 3 Oct 2016Tower View, 33 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 4 Oct 20166 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 3 Oct 20164A East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 29 Sept 20161 Trafalgar Cottages, Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DF
Received 23 Sept 201628 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 5 Oct 2016Shamba, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2JX
Received 5 Oct 2016Shop, 44 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 4 Oct 2016Ground Floor, Flat 2, 45 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Oct 2016The Dower House, Lower Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AR
Received 6 Oct 201626 Freshwater Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2HR
Received 6 Oct 2016141 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5LL
Received 7 Oct 201621 Clarence Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SD
Received 7 Oct 201630-32 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 7 Oct 2016The Anchor Inn, 13 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 10 Oct 20161-3 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX
Received 10 Oct 2016Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 11 Oct 201636 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 12 Oct 201616 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LG
Received 10 Oct 201620 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3BT
Received 13 Oct 201665 Sandown Road, Hastings, TN35 5AY
Received 13 Oct 201613 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NJ
Received 13 Oct 20162 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NN
Received 14 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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