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Hastings Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates10,482Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 9,494 approved or refused records
1,213Refused applications
8,281 approved · 1,213 refused · 703 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning First Aid (SECAmb)Local plan Planning policyConservation areas Building conservationArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- DecidedHS/PA/21/00560
Notification for prior approval for proposed change of use from Light Industrial(ClassB1(c)) to Dwellinghouse (Class C3)
Workshop and Premises, 4 South Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AP
Received 5 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00561
Proposed single storey side extension
6 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00562
Proposed single storey front extension and minor associated landscaping works.
14 Sandy Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LB
Received 4 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/PR/21/00563
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a hip-to-gable roof extension and loft improvements
14 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00564
Existing builders yard to be replaced with two semi-detached dwellings
Builders Yard rear of 41 The Ridge, Coghurst Road, Hastings
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00565
Construction of 3 detached dwellings and integral garages(Retrospective) - (new submission of HS/FA/16/00620 ) to address site drainage layout
Land north of 11 and 14 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00566
Single storey side and part front extension with cavity walls and small hipped tiled roof to match main existing roof. Changes to external doors and windows to rear and internal alterations to ground floor.
1 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00567
Replacement bridge over twitten to connect house to upper level garden. Removal of existing steps to upper level garden. Formation of external staircase from courtyard to bridge and upper level garden. Reinforcement of existing retaining walls. Formation of new retaining walls at upper level garden. Erection of privacy screen adjacent to No. 18 St Helens Road. Remove the external door from the bathroom and reinstate the bathroom window (amended description).
17 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/PR/21/00568
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a single storey side extension
17 Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HN
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/PR/21/00569
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a single storey rear extension
61 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HF
Received 7 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/DS/21/00570
Approval of details relating to layout, scale, external appearance, access and landscaping pursuant to Outline Planning Permission HS/OA/15/00168 (erection of up to 210 dwellings (25% affordable) with associated open space, play areas, landscaping and access).
Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 10 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/CD/21/00571
Discharge of conditions: 2 (material samples); 5 (soft landscaping); 7 (demolition method statement); 8 (drainage details and calculations) and 10 (hard landscaping) of Planning Permission HS/FA/20/00505.
422 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 8 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00572
Removal of rear single storey external lean-to store, erection of rear single storey kitchen/dining extension
39 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LA
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00573
Proposed ground floor extension to the rear of the property forming new family room including, demolition of a previous small kitchen extension. Loft Conversion, to include a hip to gable end roof extension, a rear dormer with Juliette Balcony and 2 glazed roof lights to the front elevation including, new roof tiles to the complete roof area (amended description).
175 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 9 Jun 2021 - Appeal decidedHS/FA/21/00574
Erection of two chalet bungalows and associated hard and soft landscaping.
Land rear of, Ashbrooke Lodge, 268 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00575
The proposals are for alterations to the access arrangements serving Block D of the previously approved planning permissions HS/OA/16/00023 (Outline Planning approval) and HS/DS/17/00688 (Reserved Matters approval). The proposals also include additional yard and vehicular turning space serving Block E of the same planning permissions.
Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00576
Loft Conversion, to include a hip to gable end roof extension, a rear dormer with Juliette Balcony and 2 glazed roof lights to the front elevation including, new roof tiles to the complete roof area (amended description).
177 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 9 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00577
Removal of existing PVC windows and replacement with new PVC windows
149 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DZ
Received 26 Apr 2021 - DecidedHS/PR/21/00580
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a loft conversion with addition of rear dormer
12 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 11 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00581
Proposed loft conversion with addition of rear dormer
Ground and First Floor Maisonette, 13 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 11 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00582
Proposed single storey rear extension with alterations and additions including demolition of chimneys, insertion of Velux window on the noth-west elevation, insertion of roof lights in single storey extension, alterations to existing openings, formation of patio area to rear and formation of hardstanding area to the front to form an additional parking space (amended description).
15 Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NR
Received 11 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00583
Erection of a two-storey detached dwelling with associated parking and vehicular access.
Site of former, 42 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00584
Proposed removal of window and insertion of doors with juliette balcony (amended description)
99A St Thomas's Road, Hastings, TN34 3LD
Received 11 Jun 2021 - DecidedHS/FA/21/00585
Proposed enlargement of existing kitchen with new artificial slate roof over. New window and doors to the same.
37 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 11 Jun 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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