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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.
7,857 approved · 1,164 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Observer Building, Telford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LY
Received 12 Jun 2019Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Jun 2019Shop and Premises, 122 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 13 Jun 20194 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 17 Jun 20199 Laleham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JH
Received 13 Jun 2019New Visitor Centre, Hastings Country Park, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AB
Received 14 Jun 2019Land Adjacent, 14 Castledown Avenue, Hastings
Received 12 Jun 201962 Welton Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RF
Received 13 Jun 2019Mulberry House (Queen Marys Lodge), 7 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 13 Jun 2019The Stag Inn, 14 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3B
Received 14 Jun 2019Petrol Fillng Station, 54 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 14 Jun 2019Shearbarn Holiday Park, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DX
Received 17 Jun 2019Valkyries, 99 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 4LL
Received 17 Jun 201924 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LD
Received 19 Jun 2019Land adjoining 51 Rye Road and land forming part of Former Kings Head, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 20 Jun 201910 Marianne Park, Dudley Road, Hastings, TN35 5PU
Received 19 Jun 2019145 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LG
Received 20 Jun 201918 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JZ
Received 20 Jun 201918 Briers Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NN
Received 20 Jun 2019The Malvern, Malvern Way, Hastings, TN34 3PX
Received 20 Jun 2019Plot R Offerfair Self Storage, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 21 Jun 2019Fishermens Museum, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 21 Jun 2019Land to the rear of Former Hollington Methodist Church, 325 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 24 Jun 201956 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EE
Received 24 Jun 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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