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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.
7,757 approved · 1,156 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Shop and Premises, 311 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 19 Sept 201830 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 19 Sept 201862 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 20 Sept 2018206 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SR
Received 20 Sept 2018The Windmill, (Premier Inn), 1 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DB
Received 20 Sept 201826 Wentworth Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XG
Received 20 Sept 201826-28 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RG
Received 20 Sept 201812 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DN
Received 24 Sept 2018129 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Sept 2018West St Leonards Community Centre, 130 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 24 Sept 2018Land between 28-30, Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 20 Sept 2018The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 21 Sept 2018Land Between 28-30, Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 21 Sept 201811 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 24 Sept 2018Basement Flat, 7 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EG
Received 24 Sept 201828 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 27 Sept 2018229 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 26 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311- 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 26 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311- 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 26 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 26 Sept 2018Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 26 Sept 201893 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 27 Sept 2018Flat 4, 29 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 28 Sept 2018Station Plaza site, Devonshire Road, Hastings
Received 28 Sept 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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