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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,232 approved · 1,211 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 1 Apr 202130 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SW
Received 2 Apr 202119 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 1 Apr 202119 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 1 Apr 202139 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 5 Apr 20216 Bower Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JX
Received 5 Apr 2021103 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 5 Apr 2021Queensway North, Queensway, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Apr 2021Units C and D, 195 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 30 Mar 202118 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 30 Mar 2021Flat 1, Avon Court, 45 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 6 Apr 2021249 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 6 Apr 202124-26 Fernside Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UU
Received 7 Apr 2021Vehicle Repair Workshop, 31 South Street St Leonards-on-sea, First Floor Club & Premises 3 Western Road, TN37 6AP
Received 7 Apr 202119 Gillsmans Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JF
Received 1 Apr 20212 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AP
Received 8 Apr 2021381 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 8 Apr 202151 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 8 Apr 2021Hawthorns, 137 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 8 Apr 2021Flat 1, Avon Court, 45 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 9 Apr 2021Land on the north side of Gillsmans Hill, Hollington Park School Grounds, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Apr 2021Store 2, Bottle Alley, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Apr 20212 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 9 Apr 202145 Gleneagles Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HU
Received 12 Apr 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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