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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.
7,830 approved · 1,162 refused · 658 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Malcolm Peth, 11 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 3 Apr 2019Plot 1, Stonebeach Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EN
Received 4 Apr 201912 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JZ
Received 4 Apr 201945 Grove Road, Hastings, TN35 4JS
Received 4 Apr 20192 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 4 Apr 2019Store 1, Bottle Alley, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Apr 201926 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 5 Apr 2019Proposed Visitor Centre Hastings Country Park, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AB
Received 5 Apr 2019109 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LY
Received 9 Apr 201954 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 8 Apr 2019146 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EJ
Received 8 Apr 2019Site of former, 56 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 8 Apr 2019Rear of 49 - 53 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 8 Apr 201957-59 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RA
Received 9 Apr 20196 Union Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HA
Received 10 Apr 201980 Chambers Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HX
Received 10 Apr 201918-21 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 12 Apr 201935-39 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Apr 20195 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 11 Apr 2019Pebsham Tip Waste Transfer Station Freshfields, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Apr 201978 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 10 Apr 2019206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 11 Apr 201983 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PE
Received 12 Apr 201911 Strongs Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BY
Received 15 Apr 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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