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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.
8,323 approved · 1,215 refused · 705 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjoining 457, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Jul 202131 Wittersham Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PT
Received 30 Jul 202198 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 30 Jul 20217 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 30 Jul 2021Petrol Station, Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 30 Jul 2021Second Floor Flat (Flat 3), 2-3, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 30 Jul 202176 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37
Received 2 Aug 2021358A Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BB
Received 2 Aug 202168 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 2 Aug 2021Office at rear of 91-97 Bohemia Road (Located on Land to the rear of 28 and 29 Salisbury Road), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RX
Received 29 Jul 202123 Roundwood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LD
Received 2 Aug 20211 Streamside Close, Hastings, TN34 2HL
Received 2 Aug 2021Ocean House, 87-89 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LW
Received 29 Jul 20219 Old House Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2JS
Received 26 Jul 2021262 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NF
Received 3 Aug 2021Land rear of 5 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 28 Jul 202110 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 28 Jul 2021132 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 3 Aug 20212 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UG
Received 29 Jul 20216 Ascot Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WH
Received 4 Aug 202136 Grange Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QQ
Received 4 Aug 202117 Rowan Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HS
Received 3 Aug 202169 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 4 Aug 20215 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 5 Aug 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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