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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.
7,894 approved · 1,164 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Sept 2019Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Sept 201920 Milward Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3RU
Received 16 Sept 201941 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NB
Received 17 Sept 201912 Tuppenney Close, Hastings, TN35 5QJ
Received 16 Sept 201954 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 16 Sept 2019105 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RS
Received 17 Sept 201974 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DP
Received 17 Sept 2019Land between 6 and 12, Broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3PL
Received 17 Sept 2019Rear of 2 Bedgebury Close, Robsack Wood, Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Sept 20195 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 19 Sept 2019158 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JN
Received 18 Sept 20197 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 19 Sept 20191 St Matthews Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TN
Received 20 Sept 201913 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 20 Sept 201935 Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 20 Sept 201950 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 23 Sept 2019488-490 Old London Road, Hastings
Received 24 Sept 2019Day Nursery Ground Floor, 29 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 6HR
Received 24 Sept 201922 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LT
Received 24 Sept 2019Aldi, Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 24 Sept 201911 Highlea Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SS
Received 24 Sept 201910 Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RT
Received 25 Sept 2019Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 25 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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