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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.
8,119 approved · 1,189 refused · 690 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glyne Gap Service Station, Hastings Road, Glyne Gap, Bexhill, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2JU
Received 25 Aug 2020Oaklea Rest, 9 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 25 Aug 2020471 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BP
Received 26 Aug 202021 Woods Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BX
Received 26 Aug 202033 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 27 Aug 202077 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NG
Received 27 Aug 20203 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 27 Aug 202019 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 25 Aug 202062 Perth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EB
Received 26 Aug 202039 St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2EN
Received 28 Aug 202092 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YX
Received 28 Aug 202027 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SX
Received 1 Sept 2020Sandown Primary School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 2 Sept 202015 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 20 Aug 202079 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 31 Aug 2020Christ Church, 458 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 1 Sept 2020Basement, 4 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 2 Sept 202014 Queens Apartments, Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JN
Received 2 Sept 2020Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LJ
Received 3 Sept 2020First and Second Floor Flat, 19 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 3 Sept 2020Basement, 11 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 3 Sept 2020Basement, 11 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 3 Sept 202070 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HE
Received 4 Sept 2020The Coach House, 17 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 4 Sept 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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