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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.
7,845 approved · 1,162 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 20 May 20198-9 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NE
Received 20 May 2019Adjacent to Goat Ledge, Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 May 2019243 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 21 May 201927 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 14 May 201921 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 21 May 2019The Old England Public House, 45 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AJ
Received 21 May 201928 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 22 May 2019The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 21 May 20199 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 22 May 201917 Muirfield Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XL
Received 22 May 2019United Reformed Church, Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 21 May 2019The Old England Public House, 45 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AJ
Received 22 May 2019Unit 4, 4 Castleham Business Centre West, Stirling Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NW
Received 22 May 2019Ye Olde Pump House, 64 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 22 May 2019Ye Olde Pump House, 64 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 22 May 2019Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 4 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 22 May 2019Shop and Premises, 407 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 21 May 201926 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ
Received 22 May 201925 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 22 May 201948 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TE
Received 23 May 20194 Trafalgar Cottages, Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DF
Received 23 May 2019121 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 23 May 2019Land rear of 23, Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 23 May 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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