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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.
8,390 approved · 1,225 refused · 710 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Baston Lodge, 1 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 29 Oct 2021Bevin Court, Churchill Court, Kennedy Court and Roosevelt Court Stonehouse Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38
Received 4 Nov 2021Flat 2, Cornwallis Villa, Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1ED
Received 4 Nov 2021Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 4 Nov 2021Land to the rear of 25 Richland Close, Hastings, TN35 5ES
Received 5 Nov 202157 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 8 Nov 20211 Westwoods, Hastings, TN34 2FW
Received 8 Nov 2021Land between 42 & 45 Tackleway (rear of Zion Cottage) Hastings
Received 8 Nov 2021Rear of Swan House (65 High Street), Memorial Gardens, Swan Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3HT
Received 8 Nov 2021Flat 3, 30 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 9 Nov 202171A Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LD
Received 9 Nov 2021Ground Floor Flat, 15 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Nov 2021Land rear of 52,The Ridge and North Ridge Park, Haywood Way,TN35 4PP
Received 11 Nov 202142 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 11 Nov 20218 Martineau Lane, Hastings
Received 11 Nov 202155A Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 11 Nov 2021Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 12 Nov 2021Land rear of 10, Elphinstone Road ( between 53-58 St James's Road), Hastings, TN34 3LH
Received 15 Nov 20215 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 15 Nov 202164 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 15 Nov 2021120 Victoria Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5BT
Received 15 Nov 2021129 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LE
Received 16 Nov 20214 Glyndebourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SD
Received 16 Nov 202136 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB
Received 16 Nov 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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