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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.
7,032 approved · 1,059 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 24 Nov 20161 Beaufort Court, Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PQ
Received 25 Nov 2016St Mary Magdalen Church, Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EE
Received 24 Nov 2016St Mary Magdalen Church, Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EE
Received 24 Nov 2016Victoria Kay Bridal Factory, The Old Salvation Army, Menzies Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TH38 9BB
Received 28 Nov 20162 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NR
Received 28 Nov 2016110 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 28 Nov 2016Land between 6 and 12, Broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3PL
Received 29 Nov 201626 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 28 Nov 2016Healey House Rest Home, 3 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 29 Nov 2016Land at Junction of The Bourne and Harold Road, Hastings
Received 30 Nov 201619 Hazelwood Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HL
Received 30 Nov 2016United Reformed Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 30 Nov 2016Caple Ne Ferne, 2 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 23 Nov 2016Land on the west side of, Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 30 Dec 2016Land rear of, 159-173 Malvern Way, Hastings
Received 30 Nov 2016Cafe adjacent, 83 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 30 Nov 20163 Mount Pleasant Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3SG
Received 3 Dec 201649 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NB
Received 2 Dec 2016138 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 5 Dec 2016Basement, 43 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 5 Dec 2016Basement, 43 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 5 Dec 2016Hastings Spiritualist Church, Portland Place, Hastings
Received 29 Nov 20165 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QU
Received 1 Dec 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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