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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.
7,835 approved · 1,162 refused · 661 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Strongs Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BY
Received 15 Apr 2019Land at Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 12 Apr 201912 Winchelsea Road, Hastings, TN35 4JU
Received 17 Apr 20197 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BA
Received 15 Apr 201918 Dymond Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JB
Received 16 Apr 2019The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 18 Apr 2019Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 18 Apr 201936 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 10 Apr 2019Little Warren Cottage, Hastings Country Park, Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 4AA
Received 5 Apr 20191 Ash Tree Close, Hastings, TN34 2FD
Received 11 Apr 20196 Summer Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GP
Received 23 Apr 201911 Folkington Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SG
Received 16 Apr 2019Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 25 Apr 2019Flat 1, 6-7 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DA
Received 25 Apr 201998 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 26 Apr 2019Amusement Arcade 8-9 and Ground Floor 7, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 18 Apr 2019Amusement Arcade 8-9 and Ground Floor 7, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 18 Apr 2019Store 2, Bottle Alley, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Apr 20197 Briers Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NN
Received 23 Apr 2019Unit 8, North Ridge Park, Haywood Way, Hastings, TN35 4PP
Received 23 Apr 2019Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 19 Apr 20192 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 25 Apr 2019Green Ridge, 47 St Helens Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2QR
Received 25 Apr 2019Land South of Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 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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