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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.
8,354 approved · 1,221 refused · 709 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 8 Sept 202139 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 8 Sept 202111 Old House Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2JS
Received 17 Sept 202169 Southwater Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JR
Received 9 Sept 202155-65 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NS
Received 9 Sept 202190 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 10 Sept 202197 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DS
Received 10 Sept 202133 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QY
Received 13 Sept 202138 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 13 Sept 20216 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JZ
Received 13 Sept 20215 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 7 Sept 2021Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 13 Sept 2021Kenrith Court, St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2SQ
Received 13 Sept 202177 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NG
Received 14 Sept 2021Land Adjoining, 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 14 Sept 2021Buckshole Reservoir, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 14 Sept 2021Flat 5, The Gables, 2 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JZ
Received 10 Sept 2021Land rear of 33 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 15 Sept 2021Land Rear of 33 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 15 Sept 20218 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 15 Sept 202111 North Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EY
Received 15 Sept 2021Ground Floor Studio Flat 12, 115 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 15 Sept 20212 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 16 Sept 202145 Gleneagles Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HU
Received 16 Sept 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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