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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.
7,671 approved · 1,146 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 14 May 201845 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 14 May 201823 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 14 May 201840 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PR
Received 15 May 2018Drop in Centre Offices and Premises, 5-6 Harold Place, Hastings, TN34 1JA
Received 17 May 2018442 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 15 May 201835 Heron Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DX
Received 15 May 2018Flat 10, 3-5 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 15 May 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 15 May 2018Ground Floor, 10 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 16 May 2018Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 16 May 2018McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 16 May 2018McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 16 May 201873 Castle Hill Road, Hastings
Received 16 May 2018Boundary of 6 Westdean Close and Mother Agnes Trust Land, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SE
Received 16 May 2018Restaurant and Premises, 1-2 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DG
Received 16 May 2018White Rock Fountain,(Seafront), Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 16 May 201844-46 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AE
Received 16 May 2018123 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 17 May 2018Philips House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 17 May 2018138 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 18 May 201817 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 18 May 201812 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 21 May 20185 Westmoreland Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LF
Received 22 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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