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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.
8,403 approved · 1,226 refused · 711 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Place Farmhouse, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 7 Dec 202164 Stonefield Road, Hastings, TN34 1QA
Received 7 Dec 20219 Folkington Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SG
Received 1 Dec 2021286 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 7 Dec 20217 Salcey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SS
Received 7 Dec 2021Land between 20 and 21, Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Dec 2021Silver Springs Medical Practice, Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Dec 202184 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 9 Dec 2021Flat 5, (Third floor flat), 11 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EB
Received 9 Dec 2021491 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 9 Dec 2021Site of, 4-5 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 10 Dec 202120 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 13 Dec 202117 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ER
Received 13 Dec 202138 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 13 Dec 2021Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards on Sea
Received 13 Dec 2021125 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 13 Dec 2021Land adjoining Lidham Farm, Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 4LL
Received 23 Nov 2021Land adjacent 2 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JR
Received 14 Dec 2021Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 15 Dec 2021Ground Floor Flat, & Garden Floor Flat, Deesa, Cloudesley Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JW
Received 17 Dec 2021Land adjoining Wartling Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Dec 20215 Harvest Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SL
Received 17 Dec 2021Land adjacent 2 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AU
Received 17 Dec 202128 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 20 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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