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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.
7,772 approved · 1,161 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37A Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 11 Oct 201815 Braybrooke Close, Hastings, TN34 1TB
Received 11 Oct 2018First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 14 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AP
Received 11 Oct 2018Land south of Ivyhouse Lane (Perimeter Fence of Unit E Offerfair Self Storage Units, Brook Way), Hastings
Received 11 Oct 2018Methodist Church, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 10 Oct 201879 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 15 Oct 2018Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 15 Oct 201894 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RN
Received 10 Oct 2018Methodist Church, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 11 Oct 201875A-77A Willingdon Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HE
Received 16 Oct 2018Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 15 Oct 2018Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 17 Oct 2018118 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JT
Received 18 Oct 20182 Hemingford Rise, Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5PG
Received 18 Oct 201879A St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 18 Oct 2018Flat 1a, 42 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RZ
Received 18 Oct 201819 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DN
Received 11 Oct 20187 Ashbrook Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EH
Received 18 Oct 201882 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN
Received 17 Oct 2018The Norman Arms, 1 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 17 Oct 201892 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 19 Oct 2018Shop and Premises, 4 Bank Buildings, Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG
Received 19 Oct 2018Land North of 31, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 19 Oct 2018187 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DY
Received 19 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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