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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,171 approved · 1,201 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
5 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 30 Nov 2020Timbers, 109 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2AR
Received 30 Nov 2020265 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NF
Received 30 Nov 202088 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 30 Nov 202088 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 30 Nov 2020Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
Received 30 Nov 202081 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 1 Dec 202057 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 1 Dec 202041 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JN
Received 1 Dec 2020Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 1 Dec 20203 Ashford Way, Hastings, TN34 2HG
Received 2 Dec 2020Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 2 Dec 2020Palace Court, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JP
Received 2 Dec 2020Offices and Premises, 307 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AH
Received 3 Dec 202010 Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RT
Received 3 Dec 2020Petrol Fillng Station, 54 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 4 Dec 2020Garage, Basement Garden Flat, 53 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JL
Received 4 Dec 2020145 Lower Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AR
Received 4 Dec 202055 Mildenhall Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EE
Received 7 Dec 2020Top Maisonette, 167 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 7 Dec 202011 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5ED
Received 7 Dec 2020102 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BE
Received 7 Dec 202049-53 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 7 Dec 2020Basement Shop and Premises, 10 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 3 Dec 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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