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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.
7,860 approved · 1,164 refused · 663 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 24 Jun 201957 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 24 Jun 2019Police Station and Premises, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1JJ
Received 25 Jun 2019Bulverhythe Retail Park, (311-323) Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Jun 201913 Mount Pleasant Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3SG
Received 21 Jun 2019White Rock Fountain (Seafront), Hastings TN34 1JL
Received 26 Jun 201963 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NB
Received 26 Jun 2019189 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 25 Jun 201911 Beauport Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PQ
Received 25 Jun 201948 Hurrell Road, Land to the rear, Hastings, TN34 3PN
Received 26 Jun 2019Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 26 Jun 2019Land rear of 23-33, Martineau Lane, Hastings
Received 26 Jun 20194 Bowsprit Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8ER
Received 26 Jun 2019Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 27 Jun 201966 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 27 Jun 2019Ark Blacklands Primary Academy, Osborne Close, Hastings, TN34 2HU
Received 1 Jul 20199 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 27 Jun 2019Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 27 Jun 201950 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 27 Jun 2019Unit 2, Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8FA
Received 27 Jun 2019Unit 2, Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8FA
Received 27 Jun 201948 Hurrell Road (land at rear) Hastings, TN34 3PN
Received 2 Jul 2019105 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RS
Received 1 Jul 201915 Centurion Rise, Hastings, TN34 2UL
Received 1 Jul 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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