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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.
8,031 approved · 1,181 refused · 681 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Quarry Wood, 23 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 13 Mar 202012 Foxcote, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HJ
Received 13 Mar 2020Cafe adjacent, 83 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 16 Mar 2020Land west side of, Rock Lane, Hastings
Received 11 Mar 202018B Warrior Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EB
Received 11 Mar 2020166 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LQ
Received 11 Mar 20203 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 23 Mar 20201 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 12 Mar 20201 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 13 Mar 2020416 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 16 Mar 2020221 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 16 Mar 202040 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 16 Mar 202040 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 16 Mar 2020Offices First Floor Front, 10 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 16 Mar 2020480 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PG
Received 17 Mar 2020Hastings and St Leonards Angling Association, Marine Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AG
Received 17 Mar 202011 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5ED
Received 18 Mar 2020Land Adjacent, Ashbrooke Lodge, 268 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 19 Mar 20206 Richborough Close, Hastings, TN34 2PB
Received 20 Mar 202027 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DA
Received 23 Mar 202027 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DA
Received 23 Mar 202078 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 23 Mar 20201 White Rock Road, Hastings, TN34 1LE
Received 26 Mar 20205 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 27 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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