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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,046 approved · 1,061 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Dec 2016262 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AG
Received 16 Dec 2016Summerfields Business Centre, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1UT
Received 15 Dec 20166 The Crescent, Maderia Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NL
Received 15 Dec 2016Hillside, 5 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AS
Received 16 Dec 2016Mayfield J, (Plots 19-22 Rossetti Gardens),Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Dec 2016Mayfield J, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AP
Received 14 Dec 2016Mayfield J,(Rossetti Gardens),Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Dec 2016Basement Flat, 77A Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Dec 201654 Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5HT
Received 20 Dec 201630 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 20 Dec 2016Ebenezer Cottage, 23 Woods Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BX
Received 20 Dec 2016The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 20 Dec 20167 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 19 Dec 201616 South Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AP
Received 16 Dec 2016Land at Church Street, Church Street, Hastings, TN35 5AQ
Received 21 Dec 201620 Marlborough Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RY
Received 22 Dec 201656 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 22 Dec 20163 Western Road, (Building to rear),St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Dec 201696 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JE
Received 22 Dec 20162 West Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BB
Received 22 Dec 2016254 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BA
Received 23 Dec 20166 Beaulieu Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QE
Received 22 Dec 2016Land adjoining Croft Lodge House, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FD
Received 23 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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