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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.
7,703 approved · 1,150 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
211 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 25 Jun 2018Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DP
Received 26 Jun 201816 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 25 Jun 2018Ground Floor, 70 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LN
Received 26 Jun 20184 Mistral Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RY
Received 27 Jun 2018Land South of Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Jun 20181 Barnfield Close, Hastings, TN34 1TS
Received 27 Jun 20183 Lancing Close, Hastings, TN34 2PL
Received 27 Jun 20185 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 27 Jun 20184 Vantage Walk, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YP
Received 27 Jun 2018Shop and Premises, 400 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 27 Jun 2018Boundaries of 26 Paxhill Close, 25 & 27 Silvan Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RD
Received 27 Jun 2018Discovery Playground, Old Town Hall, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 28 Jun 20186 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 2 Jul 20186 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 2 Jul 2018Flat 1a, 42 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RZ
Received 2 Jul 201810 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 2 Jul 201816 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 3 Jul 2018136 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 3 Jul 201837 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 5 Jul 2018177A Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 5 Jul 2018177A Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 5 Jul 201824 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 5 Jul 2018109 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 5 Jul 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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