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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.
7,624 approved · 1,140 refused · 647 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
22-23 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 23 Mar 2018451 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Mar 201820 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 23 Mar 201826 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 28 Mar 2018Former Horntye Allotments, Amherst Road,(36-44), Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 3 Apr 201839 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 28 Mar 201824-25 Alfred Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HD
Received 28 Mar 2018Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 30 Mar 201810 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 3 Apr 2018Cavendish House, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BJ
Received 3 Apr 2018Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 30 Mar 201845 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 3 Apr 201834 Doucegrove, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YJ
Received 3 Apr 2018Basement Flat, 7 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AE
Received 3 Apr 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 4 Apr 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 4 Apr 2018Tower House, Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3JU
Received 5 Apr 2018Second Floor Flat (Flat 4), 18B Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DL
Received 5 Apr 2018The Annexe, 144 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EJ
Received 4 Apr 2018Quarry Wood, 23 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 5 Apr 2018Mayfield J, Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Apr 201831A Old Top Road, Hastings, TN35 5DJ
Received 5 Apr 201824 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 5 Apr 201821 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 5 Apr 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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