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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.
7,720 approved · 1,152 refused · 649 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
44A Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 30 Jul 201874 West Hill Road, & 72 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NE
Received 30 Jul 201815 & 17 Hythe Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BE
Received 30 Jul 20189 Wesley Salmon Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GE
Received 31 Jul 2018Flat 2, 58 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 31 Jul 2018Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 31 Jul 20182 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 31 Jul 2018121 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RL
Received 31 Jul 20189 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DJ
Received 31 Jul 201828 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 1 Aug 2018815-817 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 1 Aug 2018194 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 1 Aug 2018Saxon Mansions, Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DE
Received 2 Aug 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 2 Aug 2018Site of former, 35 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EG
Received 3 Aug 2018Sussex Coast College Hastings, Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3SU
Received 6 Aug 201856 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LN
Received 6 Aug 2018McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 3 Aug 2018Shop and Premises, 400 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 3 Aug 201825 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 6 Aug 2018309-311 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NE
Received 6 Aug 201814 The Kestrels, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LW
Received 8 Aug 2018Former BHS PLC, Unit Vs2, Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 6 Aug 2018Land opposite 47-49, Hillside Road, Hastings
Received 7 Aug 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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