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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.
8,605 approved · 1,251 refused · 727 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 7 Sept 202220 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 7 Sept 2022108-109 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 14 Sept 2022The Coach House, 17 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 14 Sept 2022110 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 14 Sept 2022The Point, 90-92 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JE
Received 15 Sept 20223 Mildenhall Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EE
Received 15 Sept 20227 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 15 Sept 2022Land adjacent 2 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AU
Received 15 Sept 2022Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf Courses on the Stade, Marine Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AG
Received 15 Sept 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 16 Sept 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 16 Sept 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 16 Sept 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 16 Sept 2022510 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL
Received 19 Sept 2022Second Floor Flat, 89 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RB
Received 20 Sept 2022Tesco Extra, Church Wood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RB
Received 21 Sept 20225 Redmayne Drive, Hastings, TN34 1RD
Received 21 Sept 202213 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PP
Received 13 Sept 2022The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 21 Sept 2022Jempsons Bakers Ltd, 18-21 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 22 Sept 202260-61 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 22 Sept 202215 Ticehurst Close, Hastings, TN35 5QQ
Received 22 Sept 2022Site of former, 46-54 North Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3NR
Received 22 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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