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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.
7,402 approved · 1,113 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HA
Received 11 Oct 2017Land to the rear of, 18 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 10 Oct 2017Proposed Catering Unit, Upper Promenade, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Oct 2017190A Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 12 Oct 201777 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3BD
Received 12 Oct 20173 Bower Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JX
Received 12 Oct 201711 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 12 Oct 201712 Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 11 Oct 2017137 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LY
Received 13 Oct 2017406 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 13 Oct 2017Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 16 Oct 2017Chalet 84, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 16 Oct 201751 Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JJ
Received 16 Oct 2017Ground Floor Flat, 104 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 17 Oct 2017Anderida, St Michaels Place, Hastings, TN34 1LL
Received 4 Oct 2017Chalet 71, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 18 Oct 2017Harrow Lane Playing Fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Oct 20177 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BA
Received 18 Oct 2017Land Adjoining, 14-16 Harley Way, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Oct 201712 Fairlight Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5HS
Received 19 Oct 2017Land Adjoining 22 Springfield Valley Road, Springfield Valley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RP
Received 19 Oct 201723 Ledsham Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LQ
Received 20 Oct 201741 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 23 Oct 2017Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Oct 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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