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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.
7,925 approved · 1,172 refused · 669 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LE
Received 5 Nov 20196 -7 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 6 Nov 20196 -7 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 6 Nov 20191A Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BJ
Received 7 Nov 2019163 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 8 Nov 20195-9 Waterworks Road, Hastings, TN34 1RT
Received 11 Nov 2019The Fountain Inn, 93 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RL
Received 11 Nov 201912 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UE
Received 11 Nov 201924 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 11 Nov 201939 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JY
Received 11 Nov 2019Part of the former Spyway School Building, Hollington Park School Grounds, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0SP
Received 12 Nov 201968C St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LN
Received 12 Nov 2019166 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LQ
Received 13 Nov 2019202 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NG
Received 13 Nov 2019Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Nov 20198 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BX
Received 14 Nov 201917-18 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 14 Nov 201912 Sandy Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LB
Received 18 Nov 201916 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 14 Nov 201922 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 14 Nov 20191A Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 15 Nov 2019Salvation Army Hall, 418 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 15 Nov 2019Tilekiln Playing Fields, Ingleside, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Nov 20197 Rotherfield Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PA
Received 18 Nov 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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