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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.
8,210 approved · 1,205 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Flat 4, 5 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TS
Received 5 Feb 202113 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 5 Feb 2021First Floor Flat, 9A Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 5 Feb 202135-39 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EG
Received 5 Feb 2021Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 5 Feb 2021Unit 2 Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BG
Received 8 Feb 202128A Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LF
Received 8 Feb 202122 St James's Road, Hastings, TN34 3LH
Received 8 Feb 20219 Kite Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DR
Received 8 Feb 202128 Kensington Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TL
Received 8 Feb 202128A The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SX
Received 9 Feb 202156 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 9 Feb 2021Fairlight Place, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 10 Feb 2021Fairlight Place, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 10 Feb 202118 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 10 Feb 2021193 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 11 Feb 202132 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DG
Received 7 Feb 202141 Brunel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RT
Received 12 Feb 202115 Copse Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UE
Received 12 Feb 2021128 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 8 Feb 20215 Pegwell Close, Hastings, TN34 2TE
Received 15 Feb 2021140 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2AR
Received 15 Feb 2021Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 15 Feb 2021Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 15 Feb 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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