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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.
7,900 approved · 1,167 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Second Floor Flat, 89 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RB
Received 25 Sept 20198 Leybourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HU
Received 26 Sept 201912 Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LJ
Received 26 Sept 2019Site of former 20, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 25 Sept 201914 East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 27 Sept 201928 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 27 Sept 201950 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 27 Sept 201950 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 27 Sept 201982 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 27 Sept 201921 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 1 Oct 201936 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 2 Oct 2019Ark Blacklands Primary Academy, Osborne Close, Hastings, TN34 2HU
Received 2 Oct 2019Land Rear of, 403 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 30 Sept 201987 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 30 Sept 201957 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LJ
Received 30 Sept 201967 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LE
Received 1 Oct 2019193 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 2 Oct 2019Leolyn House, 63-65 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LE
Received 1 Oct 2019Land at Plot PX and Plot QX, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2019115 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 7 Oct 201923 Hazelwood Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HL
Received 8 Oct 2019Shop & Premises 311-323 Bexhill Road, (Bulverhythe Retail Park), Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Oct 201926 Rossetti Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AP
Received 4 Oct 201961 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PP
Received 7 Oct 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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