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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.
8,588 approved · 1,251 refused · 726 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Byways Cottages, Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QX
Received 24 Aug 2022Flat 4A, Highlands Mansions, 117 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LZ
Received 25 Aug 20227 Elphinstone Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2BW
Received 25 Aug 2022Ark Blacklands Primary Academy, Osborne Close, Hastings, TN34 2HU
Received 15 Aug 2022Valentine's Passage, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Aug 2022Park Beck Care Home, 21 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LG
Received 26 Aug 2022Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 26 Aug 2022Rear 1 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 29 Aug 20227 Marlow Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JF
Received 19 Aug 2022114 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 30 Aug 2022Flats 1-40 Marlborough House, 23-29 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 30 Aug 20226B White Rock Road, Hastings, TN34 1LE
Received 30 Aug 20221 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 31 Aug 2022Basement, 11 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 31 Aug 2022Plot Rx1 Interface Manufacturing Ltd, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PU
Received 31 Aug 2022Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 1 Sept 2022Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 1 Sept 202257 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TZ
Received 1 Sept 2022209-210 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 2 Sept 20226 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BX
Received 2 Sept 202217 Sandwich Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XJ
Received 2 Sept 2022The Former Harrow Lane Playing Fields
Received 5 Sept 2022430 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 9 Aug 202236 Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LJ
Received 2 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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