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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.
7,474 approved · 1,119 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
All Souls Church, Berlin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 6 Dec 2017Leolyn Nursing Home, 63-65 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LE
Received 7 Dec 201791-93, 109 and rear of 103 Middle Road, Hastings
Received 7 Dec 2017The Stag Inn, 14 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BJ
Received 8 Dec 201711 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 4 Dec 2017101 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 4 Dec 201715 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 11 Dec 2017Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway & Sedlescombe Road North) St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Dec 2017Land to the Rear of 419 to 447 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 11 Dec 201724 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 12 Dec 2017186 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DD
Received 11 Dec 201752 Wentworth Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XG
Received 12 Dec 20173 Beynon Way, Hastings, TN34 2FN
Received 13 Dec 20176 The Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2NL
Received 13 Dec 201720 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QA
Received 13 Dec 2017181 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 13 Dec 2017189 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 13 Dec 20173 Copse Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UE
Received 14 Dec 2017Basement Flat, 7 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AE
Received 15 Dec 2017Valley House, 23 Springfield Valley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RP
Received 15 Dec 2017St Leonards Baptist Church, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HR
Received 15 Dec 2017St Leonards Baptist Church, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HR
Received 15 Dec 2017Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 18 Dec 201756 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 18 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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