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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.
8,532 approved · 1,248 refused · 720 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hollington Oak, 210 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LB
Received 29 Apr 2022Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 2 May 202219 Tall Ash Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RL
Received 2 May 202287 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HB
Received 2 May 202215 Folkington Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SG
Received 2 May 202266 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 2 May 202236 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 May 20225 Redmayne Drive, Hastings, TN34 1RD
Received 4 May 202210 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 4 May 202210 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 4 May 2022Ground Floor Flat, 319 Old London Road, Hastings
Received 4 May 20225 The West Trees, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FH
Received 27 Apr 20221 Wayside, 490 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PH
Received 6 May 2022University of Brighton in Hastings, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 9 May 2022Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 9 May 20228 Winding Street, Hastings, TN34 3AT
Received 28 Apr 2022Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 9 May 2022266 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 9 May 2022Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 10 May 2022Flat 3, 133 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 10 May 20228 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 10 May 2022NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 10 May 202282 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HB
Received 10 May 202229 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EP
Received 11 May 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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