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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.
8,133 approved · 1,191 refused · 692 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Gables, 6 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 1 Sept 20204 Foxcote, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HJ
Received 11 Sept 202022 Albourne Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GT
Received 17 Sept 202010 Seaside Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AL
Received 17 Sept 2020Land rear of, 28-42 Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 14 Sept 2020Holly Lodge flat, 5 Bank Buildings, Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG
Received 15 Sept 2020211 - 212 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 16 Sept 202024 Cookson Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5QH
Received 16 Sept 2020Flat Above, 46 London Road,(First, Second & Third Floors), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 16 Sept 202031 Wittersham Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PT
Received 17 Sept 2020107 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 7 Sept 2020Shop and Premises, 197 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 17 Sept 202093 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 17 Sept 2020397 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RJ
Received 22 Sept 2020Buckshole Reservoir, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 18 Sept 20206 The Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2NL
Received 18 Sept 2020Tilekiln Playing Fields, Ingleside, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Sept 2020Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Sept 2020The Pilot Field, Hastings United Football Club and Sports and Social Club, Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 22 Sept 2020107 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 7 Sept 2020149 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 25 Sept 2020Advertising at first floor level on the flank wall of 369, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Sept 2020land adjoining Seven Acre Close and Thomas Brassey Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Sept 2020Builders Yard rear of 41 The Ridge, Coghurst Road, Hastings
Received 28 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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