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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.
7,750 approved · 1,155 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 5 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 5 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 5 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 5 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 5 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 5 Sept 2018Land to the rear of 27 Adelaide Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DA
Received 5 Sept 2018Burton Unit, Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 5 Sept 2018First Floor & second floors, 2-6 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DG
Received 5 Sept 2018Specsavers, UnitsSu37 and Su38, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 6 Sept 201848 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2DN
Received 6 Sept 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 7 Sept 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 7 Sept 20183 Linton Court, Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TP
Received 10 Sept 201812 Githa Road, Hastings, TN35 5JU
Received 10 Sept 201820 North Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EY
Received 11 Sept 201829 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 12 Sept 201828 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 11 Sept 2018Ground Floor, Silchester Mews (Part GF), Rear of 7 Silchester Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0JB
Received 12 Sept 2018Rear of 248 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 12 Sept 201811-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 6 Sept 201846 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 12 Sept 2018Fronting Unit Vs2, (Former BHS),Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 12 Sept 2018138 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PE
Received 13 Sept 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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