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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.
7,853 approved · 1,163 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
33 Etchingham Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AB
Received 3 Jun 2019Ground Floor Flat, 108 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RL
Received 4 Jun 2019206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 4 Jun 2019208 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ES
Received 4 Jun 2019Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 5 Jun 201920 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 5 Jun 2019White Rock Fountain (Seafront), Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 6 Jun 2019St Nicholas Centre, 66 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 5 Jun 201996 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 10 Jun 2019First Floor Flat, 9C Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 7 Jun 2019123 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 7 Jun 2019Bannatynes Health Club, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EZ
Received 7 Jun 2019The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 7 Jun 2019Rear of 85 and 86 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 10 Jun 20194 Byways, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QX
Received 10 Jun 2019Hastings Miniature Railway, Marine Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AG
Received 7 Jun 201916 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NL
Received 10 Jun 2019Amusement Arcade 8-9 and Ground Floor 7, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 11 Jun 2019Field east of Jenners Lane, adjacent to Dingle Cottage, Jenners Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LH
Received 11 Jun 2019Dingle Cottage, Jenners Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LH
Received 11 Jun 201944 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2DN
Received 12 Jun 201927 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 11 Jun 2019Willowbank, 15 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 12 Jun 201914 East Ascent (Lower Ground & Ground Floor), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 12 Jun 2019Records 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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