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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.
8,580 approved · 1,251 refused · 723 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37-39 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LB
Received 28 Jul 2022Place Farmhouse, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 1 Aug 2022270 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BA
Received 2 Aug 202263 Madeira Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NH
Received 2 Aug 202257A George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 3 Aug 202257A George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 3 Aug 202220 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 4 Aug 202220 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 4 Aug 202220 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 4 Aug 202220 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 4 Aug 2022Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 5 Aug 2022Land at Plot Px and Plot Qx, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Aug 202224 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 29 Jul 2022Flat Above, 46 London Road,(First, Second & Third Floors), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 1 Aug 2022191 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 5 Aug 202221 St James's Road, Hastings, TN34 3LH
Received 5 Aug 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary (rear of 23-26 The Meadows), The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Aug 20228 Amherst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1TU
Received 5 Aug 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, (rear of 10 Francis Bird Place) The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Aug 2022495 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RT
Received 8 Aug 20227 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 8 Aug 2022Collier Road Allotments, Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JR
Received 3 Aug 2022Amberley, 13 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 10 Aug 2022103 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 10 Aug 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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