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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.
8,480 approved · 1,238 refused · 717 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 5, 26 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EP
Received 22 Mar 20229 Glyndebourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SD
Received 22 Mar 202264 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 21 Mar 2022104A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 23 Mar 2022233 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 24 Mar 20225 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 25 Mar 202257 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 25 Mar 202257 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 25 Mar 2022189 Bembrook Road, Hastings, TN34 3PB
Received 29 Mar 2022248 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 29 Mar 20228 North Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EY
Received 29 Mar 2022114 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PD
Received 29 Mar 2022167 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 22 Mar 2022Land West of Harlequin Gardens, Harlequin Gardens,(Rear of 6 Harlequin Gardens), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Mar 202230-31 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Mar 2022Flats 1-40 Marlborough House, 23-29 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 24 Mar 202217 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 25 Mar 202250 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 25 Mar 202260 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LW
Received 28 Mar 20226 The West Trees,(formerly Plot 7, 42 Beauharrow Road), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FH
Received 28 Mar 2022Sanctuaire, Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EG
Received 31 Mar 202254 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 30 Mar 20229 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3BT
Received 30 Mar 202210 Highwater View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EL
Received 31 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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