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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.
8,180 approved · 1,202 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Dec 2020Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Dec 202062A Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 8 Dec 202098 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 8 Dec 2020Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Dec 2020San Bento, 103 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 9 Dec 2020RX Seafoods, Fishmarket Buildings, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 9 Dec 2020119 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LE
Received 9 Dec 2020Land at Haywood Way/ Burgess Road, Ivyhouse Lane Industrial Estate, (Land East Of, Burgess Road), Hastings, TN35 4PL
Received 10 Dec 2020157 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QJ
Received 10 Dec 2020110 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 10 Dec 2020Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Dec 2020315 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NE
Received 11 Dec 20202 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 14 Dec 202029 Martingale Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SW
Received 14 Dec 202015 Eversley Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QF
Received 15 Dec 2020Former Observer building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 16 Dec 2020100 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 16 Dec 2020Haig House, 30 Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NJ
Received 16 Dec 202038 St Dominic Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PH
Received 16 Dec 20206 Vantage Walk, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YP
Received 16 Dec 20202 Ledsham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LF
Received 17 Dec 2020Land south west of, Newts Way, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 17 Dec 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 17 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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