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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.
8,075 approved · 1,188 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RF
Received 24 Jun 202020 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RF
Received 24 Jun 2020Land Between, 395-403 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 25 Jun 2020Flat above, The Railway Hotel, 1 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 25 Jun 2020Land between 6 and 12, Broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3PL
Received 26 Jun 202066 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 26 Jun 202014 Ravine Close, Hastings, TN34 2BH
Received 29 Jun 2020Former Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 29 Jun 2020Land adjoining 24 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Jul 202010 Westfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NG
Received 29 Jun 2020Land adjacent to 2 & 3 Fleetwood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RU
Received 1 Jul 2020The Old Coach House, 7 Avondale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SA
Received 1 Jul 202059 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 29 Jun 2020Basement, 16A Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DP
Received 29 Jun 2020Land at Starwell Close, (Rear of 48 Park Avenue) Hastings, TN34 2PY
Received 1 Jul 202013 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BP
Received 30 Jun 20203 Kenwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2AT
Received 30 Jun 202022 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3BT
Received 1 Jul 202010 Francis Bird Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7GJ
Received 2 Jul 2020Church of St Peter and St Paul, Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NT
Received 2 Jul 2020Vehicle Repair Workshops, 45-46 Manor Road, Hastings, TN34 3LL
Received 3 Jul 202038 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LF
Received 3 Jul 2020Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 3 Jul 202032 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 3 Jul 2020Records 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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