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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8,210 approved · 1,205 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Ochiltree Close, Hastings, TN34 2AH
Received 12 Feb 202124 Cavendish Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NR
Received 10 Feb 2021land adjoining, 13-14 Parkstone Parade, Hastings
Received 11 Feb 2021Harley Shute Road (near junction with Edinburgh Road), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Feb 20218 Salcey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SS
Received 16 Feb 20213 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NU
Received 17 Feb 2021Saxon Mount School, Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8HH
Received 16 Feb 2021Land West of Helios and North of, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Feb 20211 Bluebell Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GH
Received 16 Feb 20213 Ledsham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LF
Received 11 Feb 2021Croft House, The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 17 Feb 2021Shop and Premises, 43 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 18 Feb 202122 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 18 Feb 2021211 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 18 Feb 202137 Essenden Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NN
Received 18 Feb 2021St Peters Church Hall, Cornfield Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JD
Received 18 Feb 2021St Peters Church Hall, Cornfield Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JD
Received 18 Feb 202179 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 19 Feb 2021177B Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 19 Feb 202145 Gleneagles Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HU
Received 19 Feb 202148 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PS
Received 19 Feb 2021Castlemaine, 4 Avondale Road and Castlemaine Cottage, 5 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SA
Received 19 Feb 202112 Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 12 Feb 202112 Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 12 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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