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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,522 approved · 1,128 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Hermitage, 25 Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1NU
Received 13 Mar 2018Flat 4, 23 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 14 Mar 201855 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 14 Mar 20189 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DJ
Received 15 Mar 201835 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 15 Mar 2018193 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 15 Mar 2018113 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 15 Mar 20189 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DJ
Received 15 Mar 2018Admiral, 11 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 15 Mar 20181B St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 15 Mar 2018Land Between 28 - 30, Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 15 Mar 201834 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AN
Received 15 Mar 201885 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 16 Mar 201817-18 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 16 Mar 20186 Wesley Salmon Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GE
Received 16 Mar 2018Summerfields Business Centre, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1UT
Received 16 Mar 2018Land at Ore Place & Centurion Rise, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 15 Mar 2018Land adjoining 3 Ore Place, Hastings
Received 15 Mar 201816 White Rock, Hastings
Received 19 Mar 201816 White Rock, Hastings
Received 19 Mar 2018Site of former Summerfields Business Centre, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 16 Mar 2018All Saints Church Hall, All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 20 Mar 201838 Cooden Ledge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8ET
Received 19 Mar 2018Public Conveniences, Harold Place, Hastings, TN34 1JA
Received 21 Mar 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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