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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.
8,219 approved · 1,208 refused · 699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 7, 3 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 9 Mar 202127 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 9 Mar 2021Flat 1, 3 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 9 Mar 2021Land South East Of Junction Of Church Street, Victoria Avenue,(Adjacent to Arlington Cottages), Hastings, TN35 5BY
Received 10 Mar 2021Source Park, 45 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 10 Mar 20211 Wellington Gardens, Hastings, TN34 3RL
Received 10 Mar 2021Workshop and Premises, 4 South Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AP
Received 8 Mar 2021Land rear of, 6 Westerleigh Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UQ
Received 8 Mar 2021Site of former Osborne House, 245 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 15 Jan 202151 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 11 Mar 2021The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 11 Mar 202136 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 11 Mar 202181 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 12 Mar 202188 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 15 Mar 2021Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 15 Mar 202116 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 15 Mar 202127 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 15 Mar 2021141 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JD
Received 16 Mar 202131 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LX
Received 16 Mar 202124 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 16 Mar 2021Trinity Wholefoods, 3 Trinity Street, Hastings, TN34 1HG
Received 15 Mar 2021256 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 9 Mar 20213 Regent Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QG
Received 12 Mar 2021440 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 12 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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