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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.
7,780 approved · 1,161 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
49 London Road,(Maisonette) & 34 Kings Road,(First Floor), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 8 Nov 2018Ground Floor Offices, Queens Apartments, Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JN
Received 12 Nov 20186-8 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 9 Nov 2018Fire Station, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 12 Nov 2018114 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 9 Nov 201812 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 12 Nov 201815 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 12 Nov 201815 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 12 Nov 2018Finch Mansions, 22 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LD
Received 13 Nov 20181 Croft Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3HG
Received 12 Nov 2018Land adjacent to 2 Perth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EB
Received 12 Nov 2018Restaurant and Premises, 1-2 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DG
Received 12 Nov 20182 - 10 Sturdee Place, Hastings, TN34 3AJ
Received 12 Nov 201824 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 12 Nov 201824 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 12 Nov 201816 Hillyglen Close, Hastings, TN34 1XU
Received 13 Nov 201827 Fernside Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UU
Received 13 Nov 2018Former Westerleigh School northern playing field, Hollington Park Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Nov 201810 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 14 Nov 2018121 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 14 Nov 201814 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 14 Nov 201822 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NE
Received 14 Nov 2018Land Opposite 9 and 10, Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Nov 201811-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 15 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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