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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.
8,553 approved · 1,248 refused · 722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 1 Jun 2022Land to the rear of 5-7 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 1 Jun 20227 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 1 Jun 2022237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 2 Jun 2022237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 2 Jun 202225 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 2 Jun 20221 Pilgrims Way, Hastings, TN34 2LF
Received 27 May 20225 Epsom Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WG
Received 27 May 2022Flat 2 Ground Floor, 4 Cloudesley Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JN
Received 6 Jun 2022Mulberry House (Queen Marys Lodge), 7 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 6 Jun 202213 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 7 Jun 2022108-109 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 7 Jun 20224-5 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 7 Jun 202225 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX
Received 7 Jun 2022Land & buildings, (Garages), Rear of 99-105 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Jun 202219 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 8 Jun 20222 Tillington Terrace, Hastings, TN35 5JS
Received 9 Jun 2022Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA
Received 9 Jun 2022Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 9 Jun 2022239 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3UA
Received 9 Jun 20223 The Spinney, Hastings, TN34 1YE
Received 9 Jun 20227 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 10 Jun 202210 Ashbrook Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EH
Received 10 Jun 2022Land Between, 395-403 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 10 Jun 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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