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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.
8,585 approved · 1,251 refused · 723 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
141 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JD
Received 10 Aug 202215 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NG
Received 11 Aug 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Aug 2022The Royal Hotel, 1 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 15 Aug 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Aug 2022Bornholm, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FD
Received 16 Aug 202226 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AD
Received 17 Aug 202253 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 17 Aug 202228 Fearon Road, Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 18 Aug 202217 Norcross Close, Hastings, TN34 2FB
Received 18 Aug 2022University of Brighton (Vive), Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 19 Aug 2022Old Hastings House, 132 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 19 Aug 202258 Sheerwater Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2NZ
Received 22 Aug 202214 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 22 Aug 202235 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 22 Aug 202250 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 23 Aug 2022Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-Sea
Received 23 Aug 2022Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-Sea
Received 23 Aug 202230-31 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Aug 2022Service Station, Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 24 Aug 202227 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DA
Received 24 Aug 2022Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 22 Aug 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 25 Aug 2022Land Rear of 77-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 15 Aug 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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