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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.
7,061 approved · 1,063 refused · 586 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Anglesea Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QS
Received 12 Jan 201736 Wentworth Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XG
Received 13 Jan 20176 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 13 Jan 2017Ground Floor Flat, 5 Clyde Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QE
Received 18 Jan 2017Little Acres Farm, Frederick Road, Hastings
Received 17 Jan 2017585 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AX
Received 19 Jan 20177 Knoll Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NT
Received 18 Jan 2017St Johns Court, St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Jan 2017Former Wishingtree Nursery Site, Redgeland Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JT
Received 23 Jan 2017Land at Wishing Tree Nursery Between Wishing Tree Road and Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-Sea
Received 24 Jan 201741 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 25 Jan 201716 Amherst Close, Hastings, TN34 1TY
Received 25 Jan 2017Site of former 18 to 32 (evens) and Land Adjoining, Upper Broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 23 Jan 201712 Netherwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2RE
Received 25 Jan 2017122 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 25 Jan 201717 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 25 Jan 2017152 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EH
Received 26 Jan 201716 Chambers Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HZ
Received 25 Jan 2017St Leonards Train Berthing Shed, Cliftonville Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jan 2017254 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BA
Received 26 Jan 20176 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 30 Jan 2017210 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QT
Received 27 Jan 2017Joe White Television, 51-53 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 30 Jan 20178 Wellesley Court, Hastings, TN34 3UT
Received 30 Jan 2017Records 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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