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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.
8,606 approved · 1,251 refused · 728 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 22 Sept 20229 Glyndebourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SD
Received 23 Sept 2022363 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 16 Sept 2022107 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 20 Sept 202288 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UL
Received 26 Sept 202227 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 26 Sept 2022St Marks United Reformed Church, Hughenden Place, Hastings, TN34 3TB
Received 2 Sept 2022Warehouse and Premises, 312A Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 27 Sept 2022Garage rear of, 15 Silchester Road, (15b Silchester Mews), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JB
Received 27 Sept 2022790 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 27 Sept 2022Saxon Mount School, Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8HH
Received 28 Sept 2022Land outside 1 Latch Cottages, Crowhurst Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN38 9JS
Received 28 Sept 2022Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea TN38 0SP
Received 28 Sept 2022VIVE, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 28 Sept 202244 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 28 Sept 202241 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JL
Received 29 Sept 202222 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 29 Sept 2022Ridge House, 27 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 29 Sept 202210 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 29 Sept 202244 Harbour Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EP
Received 30 Sept 20222 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HA
Received 30 Sept 202247 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DJ
Received 30 Sept 2022Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards on sea
Received 3 Oct 2022The Orchard, 72 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ
Received 3 Oct 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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