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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.
8,363 approved · 1,221 refused · 709 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
381 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 17 Sept 2021Former Factory Site, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 17 Sept 202118 Kite Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DR
Received 20 Sept 2021Woodbank, 8 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 20 Sept 202169 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 20 Sept 2021Land south of, 91 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Sept 2021Site of former, 42 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Sept 2021Haig House, 30 Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NJ
Received 21 Sept 2021Former Public Conveniences, Harold Place, Hastings, TN34 1JA
Received 22 Sept 20215 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 23 Sept 20211 Ledsham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LG
Received 24 Sept 20218 The Willows, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PA
Received 24 Sept 2021442 Old London Road,(Ground floor), Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 28 Sept 2021Land west of 1 and 10-11, Hawthorn Road, Hastings
Received 30 Sept 202119 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 27 Sept 2021374 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 29 Sept 2021St Annes House, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37
Received 27 Sept 2021Land adj 1A Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 28 Sept 202119 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 29 Sept 202187 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 29 Sept 2021White Rock House, White Rock Road, Hastings TN34 1LE
Received 30 Sept 2021Land South of 15-20 Gresley Road, Lancaster Road,(adj Tyrone Wildman House), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 30 Sept 20216 Ledsham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LF
Received 1 Oct 2021Brambles, 119 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 27 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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