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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.
8,282 approved · 1,213 refused · 703 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
77-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 10 Jun 2021Land Adjacent 24, Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Received 14 Jun 2021Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 14 Jun 2021Land to the rear of 25 Richland Close, Hastings, TN35 5ES
Received 15 Jun 20216 St Kitts Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TB
Received 11 Jun 2021146 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LX
Received 16 Jun 2021The Studio, 11 Saxon Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AG
Received 16 Jun 2021Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 17 Jun 2021Office and Premises, 14 Cross Street, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Jun 20211 Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 17 Jun 2021Flat 5, 11 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EB
Received 17 Jun 202149 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 22 Jun 202118 Githa Road, Hastings, TN35 5JU
Received 22 Jun 202110 Kensington Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TL
Received 22 Jun 2021First Floor Flat 3, 39 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JY
Received 23 Jun 202115 St Dominic Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PH
Received 24 Jun 202127 & 28 Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LR
Received 24 Jun 20218 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RA
Received 25 Jun 2021Flat 1, 8 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 25 Jun 2021Eversfield Mews, Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DS
Received 25 Jun 20212 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 28 Jun 2021205 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 28 Jun 202127 Celandine Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XT
Received 28 Jun 20219 Kite Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DR
Received 28 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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