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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.
7,874 approved · 1,164 refused · 665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7A Lancing Close, Hastings, TN34 2PL
Received 22 Jul 2019Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 22 Jul 20195 Burdett Place, Hastings, TN34 3ED
Received 22 Jul 20198 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JZ
Received 22 Jul 2019Grove House, Grove Road, Hastings, TN35 4JS
Received 22 Jul 2019Millwood House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 24 Jul 2019TOPSHOP, Unit Su2, Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 24 Jul 2019Seaspace Development, Millennium Community at Broomgrove, Ore Valley, Hastings (3 Ore Valley Road)
Received 26 Jul 20193 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 25 Jul 201940 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 26 Jul 201940 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 26 Jul 20196 West Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BB
Received 29 Jul 2019124 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NL
Received 30 Jul 201933 St Dominic Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PH
Received 30 Jul 2019407A Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 30 Jul 2019Wyvern House, 34 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DF
Received 31 Jul 201925 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 1 Aug 201938 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EQ
Received 1 Aug 201925 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QY
Received 30 Jul 2019465 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RT
Received 2 Aug 201924 Madeira Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NJ
Received 1 Aug 201934 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LX
Received 1 Aug 201916 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 1 Aug 201910 Blomfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HH
Received 2 Aug 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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