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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.
7,888 approved · 1,164 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35-39 Norman Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0EG
Received 4 Sept 201935-39 Norman Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0EG
Received 5 Sept 201915 Braybrooke Close, Hastings, TN34 1TB
Received 5 Sept 2019Ground Floor Flat, 6 Coghurst Road, Hastings, TN35 5AS
Received 5 Sept 2019Tubman, 57 Cambridge Road, Hastings
Received 6 Sept 201960 Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5HT
Received 6 Sept 2019ARK William Parker Academy, Parkstone Road, Hastings
Received 9 Sept 20195 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 9 Sept 201923 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 10 Sept 201972 Downs Road, Hastings
Received 6 Sept 2019Land to the rear of Former Hollington Methodist Church, 325 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 9 Sept 201922 Theaklen Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AZ
Received 9 Sept 2019249 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LU
Received 10 Sept 201926 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 10 Sept 201926 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 10 Sept 201935 Fairfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UA
Received 11 Sept 2019First Floor Flat, 33-35 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DJ
Received 12 Sept 2019229 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 11 Sept 201931 Cornwallis Street, Hastings, TN34 1SS
Received 13 Sept 2019Junction House, 1 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 12 Sept 201985 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NJ
Received 12 Sept 2019West St Leonards Community Centre, 130 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 12 Sept 2019Site of former The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 13 Sept 20194 Radnor Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SX
Received 16 Sept 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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