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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.
7,957 approved · 1,173 refused · 671 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 18 Dec 2019201/202 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 17 Dec 201920 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RF
Received 17 Dec 201920 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RF
Received 17 Dec 201935 Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 18 Dec 2019120 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 18 Dec 2019Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 20 Dec 2019Land to the rear of 12, Downey Close, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 7LT
Received 18 Dec 20199 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 19 Dec 2019Chalet 109, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 19 Dec 2019St Leonards Medical Centre (West St Leonards Community Centre, 130 Bexhill Road), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 23 Dec 201952A Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QZ
Received 19 Dec 2019Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 19 Dec 201910 Oliver Close, Hastings, TN34 1RA
Received 19 Dec 2019103 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 23 Dec 2019Garage Rear of 99, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AB
Received 20 Dec 201911 Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FD
Received 23 Dec 201948 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DX
Received 20 Dec 2019Site of former playing fields, Hollington Park Road
Received 23 Dec 20192 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AE
Received 23 Dec 2019Offices and Premises, 402 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 23 Dec 201977-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 24 Dec 20193 Kenwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2AT
Received 24 Dec 2019123 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 2 Jan 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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