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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.
8,226 approved · 1,209 refused · 699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Regent Place, (Rear garden adjoining 2 The Hawthorns), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QG
Received 12 Mar 202122 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 12 Mar 20211 Barley Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5NS
Received 12 Mar 2021197 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 17 Mar 202166 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 17 Mar 20212 The Russets, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FA
Received 17 Mar 202192 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 17 Mar 202125B Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 15 Mar 202181 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1EP
Received 16 Mar 202166 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 18 Mar 202113 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 18 Mar 202125 Oakwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2JF
Received 18 Mar 202189 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HZ
Received 18 Mar 20216 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 19 Mar 202122 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 16 Mar 2021103 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DY
Received 22 Mar 202132 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 23 Mar 202120 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 23 Mar 202110 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 24 Mar 20217 The Alley, Hastings, TN34 1HB
Received 24 Mar 202117 Tuppenney Close, Hastings, TN35 5QJ
Received 24 Mar 202169 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 24 Mar 202110 Hollinghurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JP
Received 18 Mar 202169 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 24 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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