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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.
7,690 approved · 1,149 refused · 648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Flat 1 Basement, 3 Anglesea Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QS
Received 14 Jun 201883 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 18 Jun 201861 West Hill Road - Land adj, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 15 Jun 201848 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JL
Received 18 Jun 201823 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 18 Jun 2018(Iberian Lighting) Plot small w, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 18 Jun 2018Land rear of 23, Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 15 Jun 201847 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 13 Jun 2018Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Jun 2018The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 19 Jun 2018139 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LH
Received 20 Jun 2018San Bento, 103 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 20 Jun 2018Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Jun 201814 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BP
Received 21 Jun 2018141 Lower Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AR
Received 22 Jun 2018Sunnyheights, 105 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 21 Jun 201820 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 22 Jun 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 22 Jun 2018Redgeland Wood, Sanctuaire, Land off Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Jun 201877-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 22 Jun 2018Flat 2, 29 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Received 25 Jun 2018141 Lower Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AR
Received 25 Jun 2018Land Adjacent 81, Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jun 2018Second Floor Flat, 9 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 25 Jun 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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