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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,185 approved · 1,203 refused · 695 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 17 Dec 202095 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 17 Dec 2020Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Dec 2020Bulverhythe Recreation Ground, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Dec 2020Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Dec 2020Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 8 Dec 202021 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 21 Dec 2020Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge, (East of Harrow Lane), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Dec 202069 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AR
Received 17 Dec 2020Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 17 Dec 2020Land East Of, Burgess Road,(Haywood Way), Hastings
Received 18 Dec 202069 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LD
Received 18 Dec 2020Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JJ
Received 18 Dec 2020University of Brighton in Hastings, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 21 Dec 2020Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 22 Dec 2020Anden, Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 22 Dec 2020Deep Blue Fish and Chips, 171 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AJ
Received 22 Dec 20209 Sandringham Heights, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UA
Received 22 Dec 202026 Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 22 Dec 2020291 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AH
Received 22 Dec 2020Land opposite 34 -35 St Marys Terrace and The Beacon 67-68 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 23 Dec 2020Oaklea Rest, 9 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 23 Dec 20202 Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LJ
Received 23 Dec 2020Source Park, 45 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 23 Dec 2020Records 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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