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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.
7,808 approved · 1,162 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 20 Dec 2018High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Dec 2018Site of Former Robert De Mortain Public House, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RD
Received 20 Dec 2018Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Dec 20182 Highview Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HY
Received 21 Dec 201835 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 21 Dec 2018109 St Helens Down, Hastings
Received 21 Dec 20185 Willow End, Hastings, TN34 2JD
Received 21 Dec 201857 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 21 Dec 2018194 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 21 Dec 2018Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 21 Dec 201883 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AR
Received 21 Dec 2018Second Floor Flat, 9 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 24 Dec 2018Land to the West of, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Dec 20181 & 2 Wayside, 490 & 492 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PH
Received 24 Dec 2018Land At, Honeysuckle Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LX
Received 25 Dec 2018Flat 9, Moreton Court, 40-41 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 24 Dec 20182 Belvedere Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WE
Received 3 Jan 2019Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North),St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Jan 2019Flat 1a, Quebec Mansions, 102 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 4 Jan 20196 Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 4 Jan 2019Cafe & Premises 28 - 30 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 7 Jan 2019Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 7 Jan 2019Bannatynes Health Club, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EZ
Received 7 Jan 2019Records 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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