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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.
8,056 approved · 1,187 refused · 683 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 18 May 202016 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 18 May 2020Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 20 May 2020Elva Service Station, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 21 May 20204 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 21 May 202023 Silvan Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RD
Received 22 May 202021 Silvan Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RD
Received 22 May 2020Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 May 2020159 Stonehouse Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BS
Received 25 May 2020Offices First Floor Front, 10 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 27 May 202059 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 25 May 2020115 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 28 May 2020144 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN
Received 27 May 202044 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 28 May 2020The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 28 May 2020Land East of, 40 Tilekiln Lane, (Links Cottage), Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 28 May 2020Nationwide, Bank and Premises, 15 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1BL
Received 28 May 2020Nationwide, Bank and Premises, 15 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1BL
Received 28 May 202012 Sandy Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LB
Received 29 May 2020Willowbank, 15 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 28 May 2020Former Factory Site, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 29 May 202011 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 1 Jun 2020Police Station and Premises, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1JJ
Received 1 Jun 20206 Ironlatch Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JQ
Received 2 Jun 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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