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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.
7,802 approved · 1,162 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 12 Dec 201839 Pevensey Road,(Garden flat), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JY
Received 13 Dec 201835 Heron Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DX
Received 13 Dec 20184 Honeysuckle Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LX
Received 13 Dec 2018335 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 12 Dec 2018Second Floor Right Flat, 1 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 13 Dec 201899 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AB
Received 13 Dec 201880 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BS
Received 17 Dec 201855 Gleneagles Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HU
Received 17 Dec 201842 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 14 Dec 2018Crossways, Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 17 Dec 201810 Turnberry Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WL
Received 14 Dec 201838 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3BU
Received 14 Dec 2018Little Warren Cottage, Hastings Country Park, Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 4AA
Received 17 Dec 201840 Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 17 Dec 2018First Floor And Second Floor, 5 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 18 Dec 2018McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 17 Dec 201897 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 18 Dec 201861 West Hill Road, Land adjacent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 18 Dec 201860 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2ED
Received 19 Dec 201825 Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 19 Dec 2018Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Dec 201826 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JH
Received 19 Dec 201820 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 19 Dec 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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