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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.
7,675 approved · 1,146 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Westmoreland Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LF
Received 22 May 2018Land at Ore Place & Centurion Rise, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 18 May 2018Land adjoining 3 Ore Place, Hastings
Received 18 May 2018Garden Flat, 28 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QH
Received 18 May 20189 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DJ
Received 18 May 2018136 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 18 May 2018Store 2, Bottle Alley, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 May 2018Site of former, 13-14 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 21 May 201896 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 21 May 201877-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 22 May 20182 St Kitts Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TB
Received 24 May 201882 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN
Received 23 May 201891 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 21 May 201891 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 21 May 2018Site of former, 61 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LW
Received 22 May 20184 Fairstone Close, Hastings, TN35 5EZ
Received 22 May 201893 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DP
Received 23 May 2018335 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 23 May 201860 & 61 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 23 May 201848 Hurrell Road,(Land at Rear), Hastings, TN34 3PN
Received 24 May 20187 Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HN
Received 25 May 2018The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 25 May 2018McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 25 May 201812-13 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 29 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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