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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.
8,402 approved · 1,226 refused · 711 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Glyne Gap Service Station, Hastings Road, Glyne Gap, Bexhill, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2JU
Received 29 Nov 2021Land and premises in Warrior Square Station forecourt, formerly Alpha Taxis and Alpha Cafe, St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HL
Received 29 Nov 2021Hastings Lifeboat Station, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3FJ
Received 30 Nov 2021Vehicle Repair Workshop, 31 South Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AP
Received 30 Nov 2021The Tabernacle Evangelical Church, Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 30 Nov 202116 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QA
Received 26 Nov 2021Land South East Of Junction Of Church Street adjacent to Arlington Cottages, Victoria Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5BY
Received 1 Dec 202112 Ellis Close, Hastings, TN34 1RB
Received 1 Dec 20212 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JR
Received 1 Dec 202117 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BA
Received 1 Dec 2021Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 1 Dec 2021Flat 2, 150 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ND
Received 2 Dec 202143 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RE
Received 2 Dec 2021Room 3, (Flat 3), 150 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ND
Received 2 Dec 2021Room 4,(Flat 4), 150 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ND
Received 2 Dec 2021Room 6, (Flat 6), 150 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ND
Received 2 Dec 2021Room 7, (Flat 7), 150 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ND
Received 2 Dec 2021Land at Plot Px and Plot Qx, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Dec 202149 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 3 Dec 202111 Fulford Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PN
Received 3 Dec 2021Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 3 Dec 20215 Swan Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3HX
Received 3 Dec 2021100 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JE
Received 6 Dec 2021242 St Helens Road,(Land adjacent), Hastings, TN34 2NE
Received 7 Dec 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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