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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.
8,218 approved · 1,207 refused · 699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
484 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 25 Feb 2021Land fronting corner of Park Avenue and Park Way, Hastings
Received 26 Feb 202117 Pinewood Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RR
Received 26 Feb 202122 Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 23 Feb 202147 Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 26 Feb 2021Field adjacent to Dingle Cottage, Jenners Lane, Hastings
Received 1 Mar 2021Dingle Cottage, Jenners Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LH
Received 1 Mar 202124 Chalvington Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SB
Received 1 Mar 202148 Hurrell Road, Hastings, TN34 3PN
Received 1 Mar 2021163 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EH
Received 2 Mar 202148 Hurrell Road, Hastings, TN34 3PN
Received 2 Mar 20212 Aldborough Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SE
Received 28 Feb 2021Shop and Premises LHS, Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings
Received 3 Mar 202111 Lewis Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EJ
Received 1 Mar 2021129 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EJ
Received 4 Mar 2021Land fronting Fitness Centre, Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Mar 2021219 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 5 Mar 202118 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NB
Received 5 Mar 2021Land adjacent to 8 The Willows, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PA
Received 3 Mar 202111 The Fairway, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UT
Received 3 Mar 202143A George Street, (Unit 1 and part Unit 2), Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 8 Mar 202197 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 8 Mar 2021Land east of, 46 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Mar 2021Shingle Courtyard (to N.E. of Hastings Contemporary), Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 5 Mar 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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