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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.
8,242 approved · 1,211 refused · 700 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 12 Apr 2021103 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 12 Apr 2021Land on the north side of Gillsmans Hill, Hollington Park School Grounds, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Apr 2021The Fountain Inn, 26 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 13 Apr 2021156 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 13 Apr 20219 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RA
Received 13 Apr 20215 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 14 Apr 202131 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5ED
Received 14 Apr 2021Flat 1, 1-3 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BA
Received 14 Apr 20212 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UG
Received 7 Apr 2021Proposed Visitor Centre Hastings Country Park, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AD
Received 16 Apr 2021119 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TW
Received 16 Apr 202137 Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 16 Apr 2021Land Rear of Mare Bay Close and Wychnour, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Apr 20214 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 13 Apr 20211 Northiam Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9FA
Received 13 Apr 202191-97 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RJ
Received 19 Apr 2021Land south of 1 Newlands Close, Hastings, TN34 2QW
Received 19 Apr 2021Fullers Engineering, Elizabeth Road, Hastings, TN38 9TF
Received 19 Apr 2021111 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 20 Apr 2021Oakview, 119 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 21 Apr 20212 Gilbert Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RH
Received 21 Apr 202122-26 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 21 Apr 2021Ladies Hairdressing Salon, 66 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 20 Apr 2021Records 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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