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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.
7,404 approved · 1,113 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DF
Received 20 Oct 20173 The Firs, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5PA
Received 21 Oct 20171A Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 23 Oct 20172 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 23 Oct 20177 Sandrock Park, Hastings, TN34 2RQ
Received 20 Oct 2017Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 24 Oct 201729 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 24 Oct 201725 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 24 Oct 20172 Granger Way, Hastings, TN35 5FH
Received 14 Mar 20179 Helena Court, 9-11 Highlands Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LY
Received 24 Oct 20178 Netherwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2RE
Received 24 Oct 201752 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HB
Received 26 Oct 201722-23 White Rock, Hastings
Received 26 Oct 201722-23 White Rock, Hastings
Received 26 Oct 20177 Undercliff Terrace, Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Oct 2017131 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BT
Received 27 Oct 2017Clevedon Hotel, 49-53 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 30 Oct 20176 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 31 Oct 2017Basement, 43 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 11 Sept 2017SUSSEX POLICE Communication Station, Mill Lane, Hastings
Received 1 Nov 2017Restaurant and Premises, 23 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 31 Oct 2017Restaurant and Premises, 23 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 31 Oct 2017101 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 31 Oct 201772 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JH
Received 31 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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