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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,426 approved · 1,228 refused · 713 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Wittersham Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PT
Received 12 Jan 2022Bus Shelter Opposite, 21-23 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Jan 2022Ground Floor, 10 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 12 Jan 20224 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 12 Jan 2022Fabee Nursing Home, 35 Fearon Road, & 36 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 13 Jan 20221 St Matthews Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Jan 202243 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 13 Jan 202222 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 13 Jan 2022130 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 12 Jan 202222A Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 17 Jan 2022Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 14 Jan 2022Third Floor Offices(Top), 34 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 13 Jan 2022Beaufort House, 25 St Johns Road(land at rear), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HN
Received 17 Jan 20221 Old School Cottages, Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LT
Received 13 Jan 202210 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EG
Received 18 Jan 202231 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TH
Received 17 Jan 20229 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AX
Received 19 Jan 2022180 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 20 Jan 202210 Francis Bird Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7GJ
Received 20 Jan 2022Arden House, 14 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 21 Jan 2022151 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EH
Received 20 Jan 2022209 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 24 Jan 2022White Rock House, 19-20 White Rock Road, Hastings, TN34 1LE
Received 24 Jan 2022Flats 19A and 19B St Leonards Mansions, 19 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 24 Jan 2022Records 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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