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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.
8,429 approved · 1,228 refused · 714 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
312 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NF
Received 24 Jan 2022175 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 24 Jan 2022Kiosk 2, Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 24 Jan 2022Flat 1, 43 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 24 Jan 202235 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 25 Jan 2022476 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 25 Jan 2022476 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 25 Jan 20221 Montana Court, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TR
Received 24 Jan 20228 Linton Crescent, Hastings, TN34 1TJ
Received 26 Jan 2022Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 26 Jan 2022Ark Blacklands Primary Academy, Osborne Close, Hastings, TN34 2HU
Received 26 Jan 202266 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 26 Jan 2022273 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NF
Received 28 Jan 202278 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 28 Jan 2022Shop and Premises, 125 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RP
Received 28 Jan 20221 Oaklea Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HB
Received 28 Jan 202225 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 1 Feb 202238 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1TA
Received 1 Feb 20223 Cloverlea, Hastings, TN34 2RZ
Received 1 Feb 20225 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 2 Feb 20228 Anglesea Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QS
Received 2 Feb 20225 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 2 Feb 202232 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 1 Feb 2022Vehicle Repair Workshop, 23 Calvert Road, Hastings, TN34 3NG
Received 2 Feb 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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