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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.
8,339 approved · 1,216 refused · 706 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Aug 202135 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 9 Aug 2021117 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 4 Aug 20214 Tall Ash Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RL
Received 9 Aug 2021Former Hall and Co Yard, Ore Station Yard, Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TJ
Received 13 Aug 202138A Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 13 Aug 20217 St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2EN
Received 16 Aug 2021Second Floor Flat,(Top), 117 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 18 Aug 2021117 London Road (Ground & First Floors), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 18 Aug 2021Site of former, 46-54 North Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3NR
Received 16 Aug 2021Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 13 Aug 2021111 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 16 Aug 2021Horntye Park Sports Complex, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 16 Aug 20215 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 17 Aug 2021Former Observer building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 13 Aug 2021Flat 3, 83 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BL
Received 16 Aug 202171 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BB
Received 12 Aug 202155 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UG
Received 18 Aug 2021Ground Floor flat, 15 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 18 Aug 2021Ground Floor Flat, 15 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 18 Aug 20211 Telford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LY
Received 19 Aug 20211 Montana Court, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TR
Received 16 Aug 202122 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 19 Aug 202110 Tall Ash Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RL
Received 19 Aug 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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