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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.
8,471 approved · 1,236 refused · 717 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Ladies Public Convenience, White Rock, Hastings
Received 14 Mar 2022790 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 14 Mar 202218 Marina,(Flats 1 & 3), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DP
Received 14 Mar 202282 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HB
Received 14 Mar 202293 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TW
Received 15 Mar 202238 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 15 Mar 2022Hawthorns, 137 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 11 Mar 202232 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 7 Mar 2022419 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PD
Received 15 Mar 202226 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JR
Received 15 Mar 2022Horntye Park Sports Complex, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 16 Mar 202297 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EJ
Received 16 Mar 202232 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 16 Mar 2022414 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 16 Mar 2022Flat 1A, Highlands Mansions, 117 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LZ
Received 16 Mar 2022Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 17 Mar 202253 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 17 Mar 2022479 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 18 Mar 2022Pear Tree Cottage, 66 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 18 Mar 2022Little Warren Cottage, Hastings Country Park, Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 4AA
Received 16 Mar 2022Advertising Right, 33 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Mar 20227 Lytham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XE
Received 21 Mar 2022Land Adjacent, 22 Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Mar 202215 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 22 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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