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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.
7,838 approved · 1,162 refused · 661 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Valley House, 23 Springfield Valley, St Leonards on sea, TN38 0RP
Received 25 Apr 2019Land at Church Street, Hastings
Received 26 Apr 2019132 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 29 Apr 201964 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 30 Apr 2019Croft House, The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 26 Apr 201952A Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QZ
Received 1 May 2019Glyne Gap Service Station, Hastings Road, Glyne Gap, Bexhill, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2JU
Received 1 May 20193 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 1 May 20198-10 London Road, (Cafe & Premises 28-30 Norman Road), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AE
Received 30 Apr 2019Hastings Mosque, Mercatoria, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EB
Received 1 May 2019Land fronting Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, (Former Shop and Premises, 311 - 323 Bexhill Road), St Leonards-on-sea TN38 8AJ
Received 1 May 2019Ground and First Floor, 28 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NF
Received 2 May 201913-14 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TW
Received 3 May 2019Flat 3, Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 3 May 2019Flat 3, Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 3 May 2019The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 6 May 2019194 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 6 May 2019238 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QT
Received 6 May 20194 Acorn Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RH
Received 7 May 2019Stamco Churchfields Mill, Highfield Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TG
Received 7 May 2019Ore Village Primary Academy, Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DB
Received 8 May 201997 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TP
Received 8 May 2019Jerwood Gallery, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 8 May 2019381-391 Old London Road,(former Hare & Hounds public house and adjoining car sales yard), Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 9 May 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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