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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.
7,812 approved · 1,162 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 82 - 92 & 94 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DG
Received 17 Jan 20195 Redmayne Drive, Hastings, TN34 1RD
Received 17 Jan 201959 Madeira Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NH
Received 17 Jan 2019Office and Car Display Land, 46A Battle Road, (The Old Police Box Corner),St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AD
Received 18 Jan 2019Ground Floor and Lower Ground Floor Storage Area, 135 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 18 Jan 2019Beech Tree Cottage, 35 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2QP
Received 21 Jan 2019Vehicle Repair Workshop, 378 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 21 Jan 2019Basement, 378 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 21 Jan 201950 Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NT
Received 22 Jan 2019Land adjacent 218 Old London Road, Hastings, TN34 3NS
Received 22 Jan 201979 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UH
Received 22 Jan 2019Shop and Premises, 9A Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 22 Jan 2019Shop 146-147 Queens Road, Hastings
Received 22 Jan 20191 Shardan Place, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7GD
Received 23 Jan 2019The Squirrels, 12 Park Wood Road, Hastings TN34 2RW
Received 23 Jan 201912 Firtree Road, Hastings, TN34 3TR
Received 21 Jan 2019Warehouse and Premises, 312A Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 23 Jan 201932-34 Pevensey Road,(Rear of), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 23 Jan 20193 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 23 Jan 2019Second Floor Flat 2 and Third Floor Flat 3, 49 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 24 Jan 2019Land to the West of, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Jan 20198A Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 24 Jan 20195 Willow End, Hastings, TN34 2JD
Received 24 Jan 2019Glyne Gap Service Station, Hastings Road, Glyne Gap, Bexhill, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2JU
Received 25 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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