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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.
8,377 approved · 1,222 refused · 710 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
10-12 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 13 Oct 202122 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 13 Oct 202118 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 13 Oct 202120 Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LR
Received 13 Oct 2021148 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RT
Received 8 Oct 202140 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AR
Received 14 Oct 20213 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 14 Oct 2021Debenhams, 1-3 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HN
Received 15 Oct 2021Pumping Station adjacent Buckshole Cottages,(Buckshole Pump House), Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 18 Oct 202132-33 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 18 Oct 2021Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 18 Oct 202131B St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2EN
Received 19 Oct 2021Basement Flat, 93 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AT
Received 20 Oct 20211 & 2 Wayside, 490-492 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PH
Received 20 Oct 202148 Marina (Flat 2), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 20 Oct 202148 Marina (Flat 2), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 20 Oct 2021Cavendish House, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BJ
Received 18 Oct 20217 Archery Villas, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AF
Received 21 Oct 20217 Archery Villas, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AF
Received 21 Oct 2021Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 21 Oct 202145 Gleneagles Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HU
Received 21 Oct 2021The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 21 Oct 2021Ground Floor and part First Floor, 60 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 21 Oct 2021144 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 22 Oct 2021Records 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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