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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.
7,526 approved · 1,129 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the West of, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Mar 2018Clifton Court, Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1UR
Received 20 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 201833-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 22 Mar 2018Land Rear of 59-65, Sandown Road, Hastings, TN35 5AY
Received 22 Mar 2018Land to the rear of 33 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 22 Mar 2018Land rear of 23, Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 23 Mar 201864 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 22 Mar 201812 Vermont Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TN
Received 23 Mar 201818 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 26 Mar 2018Mortons Arcade, 11 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 27 Mar 201815 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 7JW
Received 27 Mar 2018212 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 27 Mar 20184 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 28 Mar 201844-45 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 28 Mar 2018140 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 28 Mar 2018First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 13 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JD
Received 28 Mar 20187 West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 28 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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