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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.
8,536 approved · 1,248 refused · 720 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9-11 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 12 May 2022The Tower Hotel, 251 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NB
Received 12 May 202212 Highwater View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EL
Received 12 May 2022Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards on sea
Received 13 May 2022Shop and Premises, 13 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 13 May 202218 De Cham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JP
Received 13 May 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 13 May 202227 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JY
Received 13 May 20221 & 2 Kings Road Mews, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 16 May 2022Flat Above, 46 London Road,(First, Second & Third Floors), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 9 May 2022Site of Former Dane Court Nursing Home, 32-36 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 17 May 202258 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HZ
Received 17 May 202247 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 17 May 202222 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NB
Received 18 May 20225 Kingsdale Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UD
Received 18 May 202231 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 18 May 20223 Cloverlea, Hastings, TN34 2RZ
Received 18 May 20221 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TS
Received 18 May 20227 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 19 May 20227 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 19 May 2022The Firs Sports Ground, Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 13 May 2022Flat 3, 26 Milward Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3RU
Received 23 May 2022Fabee Nursing Home, 35 Fearon Road, Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 23 May 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary,(Rear of 1 Kingsdale Close), The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 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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