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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,018 approved · 1,179 refused · 679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 2 Mar 2020Top Maisonette, 167 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 2 Mar 20201 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 3 Mar 202014 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 3 Mar 2020Unit 2, Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8FA
Received 3 Mar 2020106 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 3 Mar 20204 Starr's Cottages, Hastings, TN34 3BW
Received 4 Mar 2020Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 4 Mar 2020The Royal, 1 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 4 Mar 202040 Scutes Close, Hastings, TN34 2BU
Received 4 Mar 20202 Ashbrook Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EH
Received 4 Mar 2020Shornden Works, Clarence Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SH
Received 4 Mar 20201 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 4 Mar 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 5 Mar 202022 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 4 Mar 202012 Tuppenney Close, Hastings, TN35 5QJ
Received 6 Mar 2020Land adjacent 61, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 6 Mar 202026 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 6 Mar 20204 Acorn Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RH
Received 6 Mar 202035 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TY
Received 9 Mar 2020Part Ground Floor, (Commercial Unit), Silchester Mews, 15A Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JB
Received 9 Mar 202023 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 10 Mar 2020158 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DD
Received 10 Mar 202017 Quebec Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HH
Received 10 Mar 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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