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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.
8,276 approved · 1,212 refused · 701 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Roundwood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LA
Received 25 May 202169 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AR
Received 26 May 202123 Roundwood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LD
Received 26 May 20216 Westerleigh Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UQ
Received 26 May 202117 Quebec Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HH
Received 26 May 2021219 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 26 May 20211 Sovereign House, 117 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NH
Received 26 May 2021400 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5HG
Received 26 May 2021Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 4 Edward Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ES
Received 27 May 202113 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ER
Received 27 May 202114 Ledsham Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LQ
Received 28 May 202147 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JS
Received 31 May 2021263 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BH
Received 1 Jun 2021Site of former, 61 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LW
Received 1 Jun 2021The Glade, 118 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 1 Jun 202115 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 2 Jun 202115 Meadowsweet Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TJ
Received 3 Jun 2021Site of former 34, West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 3 Jun 202181 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TH
Received 3 Jun 2021122 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 3 Jun 2021148 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TA
Received 3 Jun 2021Castlemaine, 4 Avondale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SA
Received 3 Jun 2021St Marks United Reformed Church, Hughenden Place, Hastings, TN34 3TB
Received 2 Jun 20218 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 3 Jun 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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