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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.
8,539 approved · 1,248 refused · 722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
First Floor, Unit MSU2,(New Look) and Kiosk 2 (Cowboy Joes), Queens Square, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 23 May 202230-32 London Road,(Co-op), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 24 May 2022Ambulance Station, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
Received 24 May 2022Site of 4-5 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 25 May 20227 Arnbury Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AQ
Received 25 May 2022Main Front Office, 5 Burgess Road, Hastings, TN35 4NR
Received 25 May 202223 Springfield Valley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RP
Received 20 May 202227 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 26 May 20221A Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 26 May 20226 Sandringham Heights, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UA
Received 27 May 202256 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BN
Received 27 May 2022390 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 27 May 20225 Vermont Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TN
Received 30 May 20228 Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RR
Received 30 May 2022206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 30 May 2022Grosvenor House Residential Care Home, 11-14 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AE
Received 30 May 202222 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 31 May 2022Pumping Station adjacent Buckshole Cottages,(Buckshole Pump House), Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 31 May 2022Chalet 46, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 26 May 2022112 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DY
Received 26 May 2022112 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DY
Received 26 May 2022Ground & Lower Ground Floors, 35 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 1 Jun 202217 Ashbrook Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EH
Received 1 Jun 20227 St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2EN
Received 1 Jun 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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