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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.
7,371 approved · 1,105 refused · 630 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NZ
Received 16 Aug 2017200 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JZ
Received 16 Aug 2017Underground Car Park, Carlisle Parade, Hastings
Received 3 Nov 201720 The Slides, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LE
Received 15 Aug 201710 Ashbrook Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EH
Received 15 Aug 2017Flat 9, Ashley Court, 1-3 Terrace Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BN
Received 17 Aug 201756 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 17 Aug 201743 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LX
Received 18 Aug 20175 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 18 Aug 20175 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 18 Aug 2017225 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 18 Aug 2017120 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 22 Aug 2017Cavendish House, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BJ
Received 23 Aug 2017155 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 22 Aug 201715 Amherst Close, Hastings, TN34 1TY
Received 22 Aug 201718 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 22 Aug 201718 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 22 Aug 2017153 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 22 Aug 201748 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 21 Aug 2017Norton Villa, Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 23 Aug 201735 Oakwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2JF
Received 23 Aug 2017Land to the North side of Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Aug 201755-59 Sedlescombe Road North (The Welcome), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 24 Aug 201799 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AB
Received 24 Aug 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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