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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.
7,808 approved · 1,162 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Beauport Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PQ
Received 8 Jan 20193 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HP
Received 9 Jan 2019Shop and Premises, 400 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 10 Jan 201980 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RL
Received 11 Jan 201931 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 10 Jan 2019Shop and Premises Former Public Conveniences, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 10 Jan 201966 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 11 Jan 201943-44 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 11 Jan 201963 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 11 Jan 201963 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 11 Jan 201934 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 11 Jan 2019Fishponds View, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DU
Received 14 Jan 2019North Rise, 7A Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 14 Jan 201972 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ
Received 14 Jan 201968 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 14 Jan 201915 Blacklands Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DH
Received 14 Jan 2019Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 11 Jan 2019Land adjoining 1, Chatfield Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Jan 20194 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 15 Jan 2019125 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 11 Jan 2019Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 15 Jan 2019Highkiln, 2 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 11 Jan 201921 Ledsham Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LQ
Received 15 Jan 2019Top Floor Flat (4), 28 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BS
Received 16 Jan 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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