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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.
8,066 approved · 1,187 refused · 686 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Part of the former Spyway School building, Hollington Park School Grounds, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0SP
Received 2 Jun 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 2 Jun 20207 Summer Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GP
Received 2 Jun 20202 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 2 Jun 2020468 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 3 Jun 2020Flat 4, (Second & Third Floor), 45 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EU
Received 3 Jun 20206 Tower Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JE
Received 4 Jun 2020147 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LG
Received 4 Jun 2020St Clements Church Hall, 2 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 4 Jun 2020Bulverhythe Recreation Ground, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Jun 2020The Frimley Centre, 64 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 5 Jun 202098 Saxon Road, Hastings, TN35 5HH
Received 5 Jun 2020Fernwood Care Home, 30 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 9 Jun 202050 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JS
Received 5 Jun 2020Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Jun 2020Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Jun 2020St Leonards Medical Centre, Bexhill Road, St-Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, TN38 8BL
Received 8 Jun 2020121 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 8 Jun 2020Rear of 7 & 8 Applewood Close & rear of 3, 5 & 7 Marlow Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 1 Jun 202015 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ER
Received 8 Jun 2020Flats 1 & 2, 16 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2ER
Received 9 Jun 202073 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 9 Jun 202021 East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 16 Jun 2020Flat 6, 12 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 10 Jun 2020Records 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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