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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.
7,912 approved · 1,168 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
3 Leybourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HU
Received 17 Oct 2019East Hill House, 13 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 14 Oct 2019Day Nursery Ground Floor, 29 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HR
Received 14 Oct 201910 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 15 Oct 2019St Marys Church Hall, 25 Castle Hill Passage, Hastings, TN34 3RG
Received 15 Oct 2019Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 15 Oct 201940-41 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 17 Oct 201969 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 18 Oct 2019Shornden Works, Clarence Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SH
Received 18 Oct 20193 Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 18 Oct 2019Workshop Rear Of 14, Manor Road, (now known as 1 Herbert Tree Walk),Hastings
Received 21 Oct 20191 Oban Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DX
Received 10 Oct 2019Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 21 Oct 201918 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 22 Oct 20193 Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 22 Oct 201973 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LE
Received 27 Oct 2019Basement, 24 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings TN34 1EH
Received 23 Oct 201914 The Kestrels, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LW
Received 24 Oct 201921 Perth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EA
Received 23 Oct 201922 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 24 Oct 201960 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Oct 2019The Old Observer Building, Telford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LY
Received 23 Oct 2019132 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LQ
Received 25 Oct 201913 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 25 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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