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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.
8,044 approved · 1,186 refused · 682 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West of Helios and North of, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 2 Apr 2020Land Adjacent, 2 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AU
Received 3 Apr 2020Crown House, 57 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 6 Apr 20207 Fernside Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UU
Received 6 Apr 2020Sunnyheights, 105 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 7 Apr 2020Royal Mews, Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BZ
Received 7 Apr 202029-30 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 8 Apr 20203 The Spinney, Hastings, TN34 1YE
Received 9 Apr 2020Land Rear Of Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 14 Apr 202043 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 15 Apr 202039 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 16 Apr 202036 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 15 Apr 2020246 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 22 Apr 20201 & 2 Wayside, 490 & 492 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PH
Received 20 Apr 202019 Hare Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UG
Received 20 Apr 2020Garden Cottage, Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LU
Received 21 Apr 2020Hillside House, 3-4 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 22 Apr 20205 Kingsdale Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UD
Received 22 Apr 20203 Church Wood Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JW
Received 22 Apr 2020Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Apr 2020Tilekiln Playing Fields, Ingleside, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Apr 2020Land between 20 and 21, Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Apr 202020 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PR
Received 27 Apr 202070 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HE
Received 27 Apr 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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