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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.
7,392 approved · 1,111 refused · 631 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
26 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NQ
Received 20 Sept 201729 Birch Way, Hastings,TN34 2JZ
Received 20 Sept 201722 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 21 Sept 2017Carisbrooke Surgery, Bowling Green, White Rock Pleasure Gardens, Falaise Road, Hastings, TN34 1EU
Received 21 Sept 2017242 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 15 Sept 201710 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 21 Sept 20179 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 22 Sept 2017451 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BH
Received 22 Sept 20176 Barnfield Close, Hastings, TN34 1TS
Received 22 Sept 2017Land east of Pennine Rise, ( site of former 2-28 (evens) The Cheviots and all Cotswold close) Ore Valley, Hastings.
Received 21 Sept 2017First Floor Flat, 71 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 9 Sept 2017Former Ore Business Park, Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 22 Sept 201788 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PD
Received 25 Sept 201716 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 25 Sept 2017The Bath House, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 27 Sept 2017153 Lower Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AR
Received 25 Sept 201746 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 27 Sept 20172 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 28 Sept 2017Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DP
Received 26 Sept 2017Discovery Playground, Old Town Hall, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 28 Sept 2017Veterinary Surgery, 212 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AL
Received 14 Sept 201732 Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RT
Received 29 Sept 2017Land North of The Beacon, St Marys Terrace, Hastings
Received 29 Sept 2017Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 29 Sept 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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