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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.
7,666 approved · 1,146 refused · 647 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Belmont Hotel, 68 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NL
Received 7 May 20188 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BX
Received 7 May 20183-5 The Ridge,(Flat 10), Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 8 May 2018Land North of 31, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 9 May 201815 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 9 May 2018Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 9 May 2018270 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 9 May 2018129 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EJ
Received 9 May 201891-93, 109 and rear of 103, Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 10 May 2018Site of Former Robert De Mortain Public House, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RD
Received 10 May 201884 Winchelsea Road, Hastings, TN35 4JX
Received 10 May 201880 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RL
Received 11 May 20181 Wishing Tree Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JX
Received 10 May 2018Office and Premises, 278 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3NN
Received 11 May 201829 Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NR
Received 11 May 20181 Byways Cottages, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QX
Received 11 May 201817 Linley Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DD
Received 14 May 20181A Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JA
Received 14 May 20186 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 11 May 201819 Clifton Road, Hastings, TN35 5AJ
Received 11 May 201816 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 14 May 201814 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 14 May 201811 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 14 May 2018Shop and Premises Former Public Conveniences, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 14 May 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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