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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.
7,940 approved · 1,173 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HW
Received 28 Nov 2019Flat 5, 12 St Margarets Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EH
Received 28 Nov 2019211- 212 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 29 Nov 2019Mulberry House (Queen Marys Lodge), 7 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 3 Dec 201922 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 29 Nov 201946 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RQ
Received 2 Dec 20191 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 2 Dec 20191 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 2 Dec 201939 St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2EN
Received 5 Dec 20194 Park Lodge Court, Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JQ
Received 3 Dec 20194 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EH
Received 3 Dec 2019Plots 1/1 and 2/1, Queensway North, Queensway, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Dec 201916 Greenfields Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LP
Received 3 Dec 2019Site of former The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 4 Dec 201991-97 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RJ
Received 3 Dec 2019Site of former The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 4 Dec 2019Broomgrove Community Centre, 85 Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PY
Received 6 Dec 201924 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 9 Dec 2019Shornden Works, Clarence Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SH
Received 10 Dec 20193 St Clements Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DT
Received 10 Dec 201922 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 10 Dec 2019Olive Lodge, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Dec 201922 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 11 Dec 201962 Welton Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RF
Received 10 Dec 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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