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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.
7,842 approved · 1,162 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 9 May 201915 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 9 May 201919 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JN
Received 13 May 2019Source BMX, Maunsell Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NN
Received 10 May 2019Basement, 79 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EL
Received 13 May 201934 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 13 May 201955-59 Sedlescombe Road North (The Welcome), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 9 May 20196 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HA
Received 13 May 201958 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EE
Received 14 May 20199 Water Mint Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SZ
Received 14 May 2019Collins and Hayes Plot Small K, Menzies Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN34 9XF
Received 15 May 2019Fire Station, 40 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AD
Received 14 May 2019Chapel to the former Convent, College of the Holy Child Jesus, Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EG
Received 16 May 2019Land Adjacent to, 45 Hardwicke Road, Hastings
Received 16 May 20198 Keppel Road, Hastings, TN34 2DG
Received 17 May 201987 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 17 May 201951 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JL
Received 17 May 201958 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AN
Received 20 May 20195 Maple Heights, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LZ
Received 20 May 201910A Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ET
Received 16 May 2019Basement, 6 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RG
Received 20 May 201931 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 20 May 201922 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 20 May 2019206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 20 May 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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