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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.
8,168 approved · 1,199 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 18 Nov 2020East Hill House, 13 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 23 Nov 2020206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 23 Nov 2020Gardens of Quarry Wood, 23 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL (overhanging boundary of 66 St Helens Park Road)
Received 23 Nov 202024 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 23 Nov 202024 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 23 Nov 2020Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 23 Nov 2020Caple Ne Ferne, 2A Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 23 Nov 2020Land rear of 23, Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 23 Nov 2020141 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JD
Received 23 Nov 2020Flat 5, (Second Floor), 102-103 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 23 Nov 2020Discovery Playground, Old Town Hall, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 24 Nov 2020Land adjoining 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 24 Nov 20206 Quarry Terrace, Quarry Road, Hastings, TN34 3SA
Received 24 Nov 202029 Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JJ
Received 24 Nov 20201 Playden Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SH
Received 24 Nov 2020Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 25 Nov 2020First Floor Flat, 44 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EU
Received 25 Nov 2020211 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 25 Nov 2020Havelock Road,(Lacuna Place & Havelock Place), Hastings
Received 25 Nov 202040 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 25 Nov 20201 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 26 Nov 20205 Brittany Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YU
Received 26 Nov 20204 Harlequin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PF
Received 26 Nov 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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