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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.
8,215 approved · 1,206 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
St Leonards Church Of England Primary School, 46 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 22 Feb 202119 Harvey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SG
Received 22 Feb 2021Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JJ
Received 22 Feb 202124 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HA
Received 22 Feb 20216A Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 22 Feb 202129-30 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 22 Feb 20219 St Nicholas Mansions, 171-173 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 22 Feb 20214 The Firs, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5PA
Received 23 Feb 2021Land rear of, 33 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 23 Feb 202112 Winchelsea Road, Hastings, TN35 4JU
Received 23 Feb 202143 Victoria Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5BU
Received 23 Feb 20219 Folkington Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SG
Received 23 Feb 202130 Magpie Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DY
Received 23 Feb 2021Ground Floor Shop and Premises, 325 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 18 Feb 2021Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 24 Feb 2021Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 24 Feb 202124 Cookson Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5QH
Received 24 Feb 2021266 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 24 Feb 2021Second Floor Flat, 36 Quarry Road, Hastings, TN34 3SA
Received 24 Feb 2021Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA
Received 24 Feb 202132-33 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 24 Feb 20219 High Beech Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TT
Received 24 Feb 202140 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ
Received 25 Feb 20214 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EH
Received 25 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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