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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.
7,980 approved · 1,179 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 5 Feb 2020115B Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 6 Feb 202025 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Feb 202063 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JY
Received 4 Feb 20202 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BP
Received 4 Feb 202055 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HZ
Received 5 Feb 2020125A Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 4 Feb 2020Second Floor Offices and Premises, Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BG
Received 5 Feb 2020The Dower House, Lower Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AR
Received 10 Feb 2020Former Factory Site, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 6 Feb 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 6 Feb 2020My Way Lodge, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 7 Feb 202059 Clifton Road, Hastings, TN35 5AN
Received 7 Feb 20201 East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 7 Feb 202074 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DP
Received 7 Feb 202036 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 10 Feb 202036 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 10 Feb 202026 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 13 Feb 2020Basement Flat, 71A West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 11 Feb 202049 Essenden Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NN
Received 10 Feb 202053 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3BU
Received 11 Feb 2020First Floor Flat, 73A Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 11 Feb 202033 St Dominic Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PH
Received 11 Feb 2020JD Sports, Unit SU17, Kings Walk, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 12 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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