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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.
8,263 approved · 1,212 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
215 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 11 May 2021446 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 11 May 20216 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 12 May 20212 East Hill Passage, Hastings, TN34 3DB
Received 12 May 202119 Queens Apartments, Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JN
Received 12 May 2021Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 13 May 20214 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 14 May 202137 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 14 May 20211A Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 17 May 20214 The Lawn, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HH
Received 17 May 202120 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 17 May 20219 Sandringham Heights, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UA
Received 17 May 2021Basement, 25 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 17 May 20218 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AP
Received 21 May 202123 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 17 May 202191 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JD
Received 17 May 202137 Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RT
Received 17 May 2021Old Hastings House, 132 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 17 May 2021314 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 18 May 2021Flat 1, 37 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TY
Received 19 May 202156 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 19 May 202120 Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LR
Received 19 May 202156 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 19 May 2021116 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 19 May 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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