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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.
7,976 approved · 1,177 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15C Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 23 Jan 202015B Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 23 Jan 2020Flats 1-9, Granger House, 59 Kings Road, (Former Postal Office Sorting Depot, Land adjacent to St Leonards Railway Station),St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 24 Jan 202011 Twyford Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JA
Received 27 Jan 202075 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AN
Received 27 Jan 2020402 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 24 Jan 2020First Floor Flat, 9A Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 28 Jan 2020Flat 8, (Lower Ground), 27 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 28 Jan 20204 Byways, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QX
Received 28 Jan 202055 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UH
Received 29 Jan 20207 Seymour Villas, Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2AQ
Received 28 Jan 2020Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Jan 2020Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Jan 2020Bullet Cafe, 38 and 38A Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 29 Jan 2020138 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 31 Jan 202031 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 29 Jan 2020Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 29 Jan 202014 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 30 Jan 202023 Hazelwood Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HL
Received 3 Feb 2020125A Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 3 Feb 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 3 Feb 202022 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 30 Jan 202031 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 4 Feb 2020Shingle Courtyard (to N.E. of Hastings Contemporary), Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 4 Feb 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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