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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.
7,710 approved · 1,151 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Milward Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3RU
Received 16 Jul 201829 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 16 Jul 2018Great Ridge Farmhouse, 2 Sandhurst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SW
Received 16 Jul 2018Flat 3, 41-43 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 16 Jul 20189 Kathleen Close, Hastings, TN34 1DG
Received 12 Jul 2018Flat 1, 65 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 17 Jul 2018Flat 1, 29 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Received 12 Jul 2018Sussex Waste Management site, Whitworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PZ
Received 18 Jul 201849 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 18 Jul 2018196 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 19 Jul 2018Ashbrooke Lodge, 268 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 17 Jul 201820 Manhattan Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5DQ
Received 18 Jul 2018Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 18 Jul 201811 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 19 Jul 20188 Hamilton Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5HQ
Received 20 Jul 2018Telephone Engineering Centre, 363 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PE
Received 18 Jul 2018Hastings Lifeboat Station, East Beach Street, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 19 Jul 201813-14 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TW
Received 19 Jul 201810-12 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 19 Jul 2018451 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 17 Jul 201839 Eisenhower Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TQ
Received 17 Jul 20182 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 20 Jul 20188 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 20 Jul 201812 Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LJ
Received 20 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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