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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.
8,051 approved · 1,186 refused · 682 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shop and premises, 101 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RJ
Received 27 Apr 2020Shop and Premises, 1-5 Parkstone Parade, Hastings, TN34 2PS
Received 28 Apr 2020253 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3UA
Received 28 Apr 2020McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, 5 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 28 Apr 202059 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 29 Apr 2020213 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 30 Apr 2020501 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 29 Apr 202035-39, Norman Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0EG
Received 1 May 2020Land at 63 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 4 May 2020103 Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 4 May 202044 Oxford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EY
Received 4 May 2020Former Observer building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 5 May 2020Land Adjacent to, 45 Hardwicke Road, Hastings
Received 6 May 2020Second Floor Right Flat, 1 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 6 May 2020Clevedon Hotel, 49-53 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 6 May 2020Finley Court, St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YY
Received 6 May 2020Tubman, 57 Cambridge Road, Hastings
Received 6 May 202059 Clifton Road, Hastings, TN35 5AN
Received 6 May 202055 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 11 May 202035-39 Norman Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0EG
Received 11 May 2020RX Seafoods, Fishmarket Buildings, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 13 May 2020Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 May 2020Basement Flat, 7 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 15 May 2020Plots 1 & 2, Land North of 14, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 15 May 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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