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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.
8,594 approved · 1,251 refused · 727 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 St James's Road, Hastings, TN34 3LH
Received 24 Aug 2022Land on the north side of Gillsmans Hill, Hollington Park School Grounds, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Aug 202217 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2DP
Received 25 Aug 202237 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 25 Aug 2022191 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 26 Aug 2022Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 5 Sept 20222 Bucklands Court, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NE
Received 6 Sept 20221 & 2 Wayside, 490-492 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PH
Received 7 Sept 2022Third Floor Flat 5, 27 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QH
Received 7 Sept 202270 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UG
Received 7 Sept 2022HSBC, 4-5 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HW
Received 8 Sept 2022HSBC, 4-5 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HW
Received 8 Sept 202215 Church Wood Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JW
Received 9 Sept 202298 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 2 Sept 202242 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 5 Sept 202212 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 12 Sept 2022Shop and Premises 2-3, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EA
Received 12 Sept 2022Harrow Lane Playing Fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Sept 2022100 & 100A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 13 Sept 2022100 & 100A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 13 Sept 202241 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LJ
Received 12 Sept 2022The Coach House High Beech, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TG
Received 13 Sept 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Sept 2022Basement, 63A Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 7 Sept 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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