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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.
7,768 approved · 1,158 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
81 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BH
Received 28 Sept 2018Land to the rear of 4 The Finches, fronting Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LQ
Received 28 Sept 2018Land Opposite 3, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 28 Sept 201837 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 28 Sept 201837 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 28 Sept 201854 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UL
Received 3 Oct 201840-41 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 1 Oct 201831 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 2 Oct 2018Land rear of, 207-219 Priory Road, Hastings
Received 4 Oct 201817 The Hoe, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LL
Received 3 Oct 2018Former BHS PLC, Unit Vs2, Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 4 Oct 201839 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 2 Oct 201839 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 2 Oct 2018127 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SL
Received 3 Oct 2018116-117 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 5 Oct 2018Christ Church Courtyard, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 4 Oct 2018The Bathing Hut Cafe, Seaside Road,(Western Platform, former Bathing Pool site), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AL
Received 2 Oct 2018Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 2 Oct 20189 Linley Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DD
Received 5 Oct 2018129 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 8 Oct 201846A Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 9 Oct 2018Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings, TN34 3UY
Received 10 Oct 2018104 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LT
Received 10 Oct 201847-48 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 10 Oct 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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