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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.
8,146 approved · 1,197 refused · 693 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
227 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 23 Oct 2020Valkyries, 99 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 4LL
Received 21 Oct 2020Idaho, 168 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 26 Oct 2020High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Oct 2020Flat 4, 22 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 26 Oct 202011 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5ED
Received 21 Oct 2020217A Priory Road, (Previously Land rear of 207-219 Priory Road) Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 21 Oct 20204 Southside, Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RX
Received 20 Oct 202026 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 27 Oct 202027 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 27 Oct 2020153 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 22 Oct 2020Flat 3, 17 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 22 Oct 202028 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 27 Oct 2020Old Hastings House, 132 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 22 Oct 2020The Knoll, 129 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 23 Oct 202031 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 26 Oct 2020Shop and Premises, 3 Wishing Tree Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LL
Received 26 Oct 20202 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AP
Received 26 Oct 20201 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 26 Oct 2020157 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NW
Received 27 Oct 2020Land at The Hollington Oak, 210 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LB
Received 27 Oct 2020372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 27 Oct 202016 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 28 Oct 2020Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Oct 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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