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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.
7,492 approved · 1,120 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43-45 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 16 Jan 2018Caple House, 40 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 16 Jan 201829 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 16 Jan 2018Coastguard Lookout Station, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AG
Received 17 Jan 201829 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 18 Jan 2018501 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 18 Jan 201828 Lower South Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Jan 20183 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3BT
Received 19 Jan 2018Land to the rear of, 538 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AY
Received 19 Jan 201834 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JH
Received 19 Jan 20189-11 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 22 Jan 20189-11 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 22 Jan 20189-11 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 19 Jan 20189-11 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 19 Jan 201887 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 19 Jan 2018Helios, 12 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SP
Received 23 Jan 2018Little Acres Farm, Frederick Road, Hastings
Received 22 Jan 2018Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 24 Jan 2018Bannatynes Health Club, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EZ
Received 23 Jan 2018Proposed Visitor Centre Hastings Country Park, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AB
Received 25 Jan 20181A Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BJ
Received 24 Jan 2018Telephone Engineering Centre, 363 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PE
Received 24 Jan 2018815-817 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 24 Jan 201812 Fairlight Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5HS
Received 25 Jan 2018Records 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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