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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.
8,522 approved · 1,246 refused · 720 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HF
Received 19 Apr 2022Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 20 Apr 2022The Hollington Oak, 210 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LB
Received 20 Apr 2022Land to rear of 22-30 Faraday Drive, Hastings, TN34 3FU
Received 19 Apr 2022Land Adjacent 14 Cornwallis Street, Hastings, TN34 1ST
Received 21 Apr 20221 & 2 Wayside, 490-492 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PH
Received 22 Apr 202266 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 22 Apr 202287 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 25 Apr 2022395 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 25 Apr 202211 Lancing Close, Hastings, TN34 2PL
Received 25 Apr 202225 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 25 Apr 2022Former Observer building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 27 Apr 202221 Whittlewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SR
Received 27 Apr 20227 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 28 Apr 202235 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 28 Apr 2022The Old Penny School House, 31 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ET
Received 27 Apr 2022The Old Penny School House, 31 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ET
Received 27 Apr 2022Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 21 Apr 2022Blue Reef Aquarium, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 22 Apr 2022395 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 22 Apr 2022Mount Pleasant Court, Manor Road, Hastings, TN34 3XB
Received 22 Apr 202216 Alfred Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HD
Received 29 Apr 2022235 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 29 Apr 2022Grass Verge fronting, 29 Rye Road, Hastings
Received 29 Apr 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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