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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.
7,140 approved · 1,066 refused · 595 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Richards Court, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 28 Jan 2017Site of former, 61 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LW
Received 31 Jan 2017Gardens of Helios and land adjacent to Helios, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Jan 2017First and Second Floor Offices and Premises, 184 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 31 Jan 201759 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 31 Jan 2017183A Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 31 Jan 2017Land rear of, 28-42 Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 1 Feb 2017Caple Ne Ferne, 2A Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 1 Feb 2017Site of former Delivery Sorting Office adjacent 57, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jan 2017Site of former 28 Dane Road and, 37 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 31 Jan 201758A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 1 Feb 201722 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 2 Feb 20172 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NN
Received 3 Feb 201749 Duke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DN
Received 6 Feb 201743 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 3 Feb 2017Land rear of 10, Elphinstone Road, Hastings
Received 6 Feb 2017Land to rear of 27 Adelaide Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DA
Received 6 Feb 201746 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JB
Received 6 Feb 201715 Stonebeach Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EN
Received 6 Feb 201777 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 6 Feb 20172-4 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JR
Received 7 Feb 2017Go Kart Track, East Parade, Hastings
Received 7 Feb 201767 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 7 Feb 2017Land to the east of, 109 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Feb 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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