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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.
8,371 approved · 1,222 refused · 709 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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 adjacent 2 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JR
Received 1 Oct 2021Renaissance House, Christ Church Courtyard, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 1 Oct 2021Flats 1-40 Marlborough House, 23-29 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 1 Oct 202152 Normandy Road, Hastings, TN34 2ND
Received 1 Oct 2021Land adjoining, 14-16 Harley Way, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Oct 202156 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 4 Oct 202169 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 4 Oct 202137 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Oct 202142 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 5 Oct 2021The Old Rectory, 109 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BP
Received 5 Oct 202156 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 5 Oct 20217-30 Merrimede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PD
Received 6 Oct 202131-52 Merrimede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PD
Received 6 Oct 20216 Friars Way, Hastings, TN34 2AZ
Received 7 Oct 20218 North Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EY
Received 7 Oct 2021128 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DB
Received 11 Oct 2021173 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QJ
Received 11 Oct 202132-33 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 11 Oct 202132-33 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 11 Oct 20211-6 Merrimede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PD
Received 11 Oct 2021The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 11 Oct 2021261 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NF
Received 12 Oct 20217 Pashley Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1PW
Received 12 Oct 202197 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 6 Oct 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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