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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.
7,518 approved · 1,128 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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East Hill House, 13 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 6 Mar 2018Site of, Former 138 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1TH
Received 6 Mar 2018Flat 5, 2 St Matthews Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TN
Received 6 Mar 2018Gibbons Memorial Field, Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 7 Mar 2018St Georges Post Office, 73 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LZ
Received 7 Mar 20189 Maplehurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NB
Received 8 Mar 2018159 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QJ
Received 8 Mar 2018St Leonards Motors, Church Wood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QQ
Received 8 Mar 2018Land North of 14, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 8 Mar 201887 Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 9 Mar 201818-26 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 7 Mar 2018Land Opposite 3, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 8 Mar 2018Land Between 28 - 30, Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 8 Mar 201824 and land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Mar 20186 Undercliff Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DH
Received 12 Mar 201833 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TW
Received 12 Mar 2018Shop, 12A Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 13 Mar 20186 Stanley Road, Hastings, TN34 1UE
Received 13 Mar 20186 Cavendish Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NR
Received 12 Mar 2018Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 13 Mar 2018Land off Icklesham Drive, Stage IIB, Mayfield Farm,(Hartfield Meadow), St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex
Received 13 Mar 201842 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 13 Mar 2018Mayfield Site IIB, South of Icklesham Drive, (Hartfield Meadow), St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex
Received 13 Mar 2018Hermitage, Holmesdale Gardens.
Received 13 Mar 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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