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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.
7,820 approved · 1,162 refused · 656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
83 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TP
Received 22 Feb 2019Flat 7, Wilton House, 1 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AG
Received 22 Feb 2019Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 20 Feb 2019Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 20 Feb 201982 Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 25 Feb 20191A Brookland Close, Hastings, TN34 2DF
Received 25 Feb 20197 Starwell Close, Hastings, TN34 2PY
Received 25 Feb 201948 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2DN
Received 26 Feb 201924 Milward Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3RU
Received 26 Feb 2019First Floor, Unit MSU2,(New Look) and Kiosk 2 (Cowboy Joes), Queens Square, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 26 Feb 2019(Iberian Lighting) Plot small w, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 27 Feb 2019177A Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 27 Feb 2019130 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HD
Received 20 Feb 2019Land to the Rear of 419 to 447 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 27 Feb 201951 Gresham Way (Rear of), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UG
Received 1 Mar 20198 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 27 Feb 2019Roebuck House, 26-27 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 1 Mar 2019Second Floor Flat, 35 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 1 Mar 2019Land at Church Street. Hastings
Received 1 Mar 2019ARK William Parker Academy, Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NT
Received 4 Mar 2019Helenswood Academy Lower School, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 4 Mar 2019Land North of 14, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 4 Mar 2019The Norman Arms, 1 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 27 Feb 2019Land Adjoining, 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 5 Mar 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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