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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.
7,503 approved · 1,124 refused · 634 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 29 Jan 201837-40 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 1 Feb 201858 Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5HT
Received 1 Feb 201824 and land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 2 Feb 201856 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 5 Feb 2018Newsagents, 6A Bank Buildings, Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG
Received 5 Feb 2018Land rear of 1-3, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HR
Received 5 Feb 201823 Hazelwood Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HL
Received 5 Feb 201825 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 30 Jan 2018Underground Car Park, Carlisle Parade, Hastings
Received 5 Feb 2018117 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 30 Jan 201884 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 30 Jan 2018Queen Marys Lodge, 7 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 6 Feb 2018Gardens of 5 & 6 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 6 Feb 201812 Russell Street, Hastings, TN34 1QU
Received 6 Feb 2018Newsagents, 6A Bank Buildings, Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG
Received 5 Feb 2018Bethune Court, 30 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 5 Feb 201873 Vicarage Road, Hastings
Received 7 Feb 2018Land at Church Street
Received 5 Feb 20187 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ET
Received 6 Feb 2018The Bath House, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 6 Feb 201877 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PE
Received 7 Feb 201814 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 8 Feb 2018Baptist Church, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HR
Received 8 Feb 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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