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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.
8,564 approved · 1,249 refused · 722 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Honeysuckle Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LX
Received 10 Jun 202248 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 13 Jun 2022Land between 6 and 12, Broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3PL
Received 13 Jun 202240 Icklesham Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TZ
Received 13 Jun 202254 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 13 Jun 2022Oaklea Rest, 9 Silverhill Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HG
Received 7 Jun 20226 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 8 Jun 2022Flat 5, Greenhayes, 46 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TZ
Received 8 Jun 2022Flat 6, 14 Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY
Received 14 Jun 2022Land adjacent 115, Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings
Received 14 Jun 20229 Glyndebourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SD
Received 15 Jun 202221 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 15 Jun 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Jun 202212 Chanctonbury Drive, Hastings, TN34 2QN
Received 16 Jun 2022Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 16 Jun 2022Basement and Ground Floor, 89A Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LE
Received 20 Jun 202219 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 20 Jun 202216 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NL
Received 20 Jun 2022479 Bexhill Road, (Ground Floor & First Floor), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 21 Jun 202262 Roundwood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LA
Received 21 Jun 202260 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 21 Jun 2022Flat 5, 9 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AE
Received 22 Jun 2022The Chimes Hotel, 1 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TS
Received 22 Jun 202220 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 22 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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