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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.
7,472 approved · 1,119 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Brunel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RT
Received 29 Nov 201762 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 28 Nov 2017150 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 28 Nov 2017Former Factory Site, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 29 Nov 2017103-103A Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EJ
Received 30 Nov 201760-61 High Street, Hastings
Received 30 Nov 2017Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LJ
Received 1 Dec 2017129 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TP
Received 30 Nov 201741 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 30 Nov 2017Units C and D, 195 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 30 Nov 201731 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 1 Dec 2017Vale View, 101 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 4LL
Received 1 Dec 2017Queensway North, Queensway, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Dec 2017Methodist Church, Battle Road, (including 325A Battle Road) St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 1 Dec 2017Premier Inn, 1 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DB
Received 4 Dec 2017Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 4 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 4 Dec 2017Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 4 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 4 Dec 2017The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 5 Dec 201747 Blacklands Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DH
Received 5 Dec 2017Land South of Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Dec 2017Woodbine Cottage, 2 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 30 Nov 2017Unit 2, 825 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 29 Nov 201723 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 6 Dec 2017Mr Bean Coffee House, Unit Su36, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 6 Dec 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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