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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.
8,463 approved · 1,236 refused · 716 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 7 Mar 202232 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 7 Mar 20226 Queens Arcade, Queens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1PA
Received 8 Mar 202217 Edgar Road, Hastings, TN35 5JJ
Received 8 Mar 202217 Edgar Road, Hastings, TN35 5JJ
Received 8 Mar 2022Unit 5A, North Ridge Park, Haywood Way, Hastings, TN35 4PP
Received 8 Mar 202259 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 8 Mar 202249 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DW
Received 7 Mar 202238 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RZ
Received 7 Mar 20227 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 8 Mar 2022109 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JH
Received 8 Mar 2022Oakhurst, 360 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RD
Received 9 Mar 2022118 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 9 Mar 2022128 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DB
Received 9 Mar 20222 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HA
Received 9 Mar 202282 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 9 Mar 202232 Celandine Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GB
Received 9 Mar 2022121 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RY
Received 10 Mar 2022Bornholm, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FD
Received 10 Mar 202224 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 10 Mar 2022Land Adjoining 5, Essenden Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NN
Received 11 Mar 2022128 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN
Received 11 Mar 2022Radio Mast, Fairlight Reservoir, Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 14 Mar 2022Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 14 Mar 2022Records 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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