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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.
8,250 approved · 1,211 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gents Hairdressing Salon, 66 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 20 Apr 202167 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 22 Apr 202117 Quebec Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HH
Received 22 Apr 2021Flat 6, Moreton Court, 40-41 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 23 Apr 2021Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA
Received 23 Apr 202122 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 23 Apr 2021Ground Floor Shop and Premises, 379 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 16 Apr 20216 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 16 Apr 202125 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 19 Apr 2021Fernside House, 49 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 20 Apr 2021127 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 20 Apr 2021Land at Church Street, Hastings
Received 26 Apr 2021Maisonette, 35 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 26 Apr 2021Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Ledsham Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LE
Received 26 Apr 202121 Grosvenor Crescent, (First floor flat), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AA
Received 26 Apr 202117 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ER
Received 26 Apr 2021Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Apr 20218 St James's Road, Hastings, TN34 3LH
Received 26 Apr 2021Caple Ne Ferne, 2A Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 23 Apr 20215 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 27 Apr 202126 Wellington Road, Hastings, TN34 3RN
Received 27 Apr 20216 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XG
Received 27 Apr 2021243 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NE
Received 27 Apr 202157A George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 27 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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