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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.
8,003 approved · 1,179 refused · 678 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Basement, 25 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 24 Feb 202013 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 24 Feb 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 24 Feb 202065 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PP
Received 26 Feb 2020Shop and Premises, 125 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RP
Received 28 Feb 20201 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 24 Feb 202060-61 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 25 Feb 202030-32 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Feb 202069 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LE
Received 25 Feb 2020Underground Car Park, Carlisle Parade, Hastings
Received 26 Feb 20208 Old Top Road, Hastings, TN35 5DJ
Received 26 Feb 20208 Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DT
Received 26 Feb 2020Basement, 251 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Feb 2020Little Warren Cottage, Hastings Country Park, Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 4AA
Received 28 Feb 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 2 Mar 202016 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 27 Feb 2020Garage Rear of 99, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AB
Received 27 Feb 2020123 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JH
Received 3 Mar 2020Mayfield E, Land to the west of Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9TW
Received 27 Feb 2020Pharmacy, St Leonards Medical Centre, 126 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 28 Feb 20207 The Sedges, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TU
Received 2 Mar 2020Land at Amsterdam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DZ
Received 2 Mar 2020242 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NE
Received 2 Mar 2020Flat 2, 34 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 2 Mar 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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