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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.
8,126 approved · 1,190 refused · 691 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
167 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 4 Sept 202022 Beachy Head View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EW
Received 7 Sept 20203 Wren Court, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RN
Received 7 Sept 2020The Old Rectory, 2-4 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5ND
Received 7 Sept 2020The Old Rectory, 2-4 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5ND
Received 7 Sept 20208 Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RR
Received 7 Sept 2020Haig House, 30 Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NJ
Received 22 Aug 2020Office and Car Display Land, 46A Battle Road, (The Old Poilce Box corner), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AD
Received 8 Sept 2020Shop and Premises 2-3, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 8 Sept 2020Flat 3, 80 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BJ
Received 8 Sept 2020Land rear of, 28-42 Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 7 Sept 2020The Sussex Exchange, Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 9 Sept 20201 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 9 Sept 2020Source Park, 45 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 10 Sept 202017 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AX
Received 11 Sept 20203 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 11 Sept 20204 Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LJ
Received 11 Sept 2020Land to the rear of, 18 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 11 Sept 2020Millwood House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 14 Sept 2020Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Sept 2020Ground Floor Flat 2 and Flat 4, 3 Villa Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EJ
Received 14 Sept 20201 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NJ
Received 14 Sept 2020West St Leonards Community Centre, 130 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 14 Sept 2020167 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 14 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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