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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.
7,776 approved · 1,161 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 30 Oct 201868 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LD
Received 31 Oct 2018Tree House, 347-349 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6FE
Received 31 Oct 2018Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DP
Received 31 Oct 201812 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DN
Received 2 Nov 201879 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DE
Received 2 Nov 201834 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 1 Nov 2018McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 1 Nov 20185 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 1 Nov 20182 Breeds Place, Hastings, TN34 3AA
Received 6 Nov 2018Basement Flat, 85 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 7 Nov 2018Unit 1, 825 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 31 Oct 2018First Floor Flat, 10 The Lawn, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HH
Received 2 Nov 20185 Kite Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DR
Received 2 Nov 2018Land rear of 23 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 2 Nov 2018446 Old London Road,(Ground Floor), Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 7 Nov 201860 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ
Received 7 Nov 2018Croft House, The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 7 Nov 2018Pizzarelli, Shop and Premises, 11-12 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 8 Nov 20183 Clinton Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RN
Received 9 Nov 201862 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 9 Nov 2018War Memorial, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 5 Nov 201844 Coventry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9ET
Received 8 Nov 2018161 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 8 Nov 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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