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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.
7,510 approved · 1,127 refused · 637 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Croft House, The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 15 Feb 201818 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 12 Feb 20182 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AP
Received 12 Feb 2018Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 16 Feb 2018442 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 20 Feb 2018Land Opposite 9 and 10, Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Feb 2018(Flat 1), Ground Floor Flat, 20 Southwater Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JS
Received 20 Feb 2018Warehouse and Premises, 312A & 314 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 20 Feb 201816 Marlborough Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RY
Received 20 Feb 201810 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 20 Feb 2018Land to the North side of Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Feb 201865 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 21 Feb 2018Site of Former 8, Amherst Road, Hastings
Received 22 Feb 2018Site of Former 8, Amherst Road, Hastings
Received 22 Feb 201842-54 Wellington Mews, Hastings, TN34 1QJ
Received 22 Feb 2018The Malvern, Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX
Received 22 Feb 2018The Malvern, Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX
Received 22 Feb 201824 and land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Feb 201825 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NG
Received 22 Feb 2018Little Acres Farm, Frederick Road, Hastings
Received 23 Feb 2018Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 23 Feb 201812 St Pauls Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RS
Received 26 Feb 2018Flat 2, 106 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 26 Feb 2018Land adjacent 20, Tedder Terrace,(Garages), Hastings TN35 4JP
Received 26 Feb 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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