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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.
8,432 approved · 1,228 refused · 714 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
8 Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5NX
Received 3 Feb 2022Unit 2 Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BG
Received 2 Feb 202227 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 3 Feb 2022The Royal Standard, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 3 Feb 2022The Royal Standard, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 3 Feb 202246 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ
Received 4 Feb 2022Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 4 Feb 202217 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 4 Feb 2022131 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 4 Feb 2022The Knoll, 129 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 4 Feb 202221 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 4 Feb 202227 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX
Received 4 Feb 20223 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 8 Feb 202274 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BJ
Received 8 Feb 20226 Queens Arcade, Queens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1PA
Received 9 Feb 20224 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DF
Received 9 Feb 20224 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DF
Received 9 Feb 2022120 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 7 Feb 2022Offices and Premises, 33 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings
Received 7 Feb 2022Woodbank, 8 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 9 Feb 2022Plot G Scientific Optical Ltd, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9YA
Received 9 Feb 2022Woodbank, 8 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 9 Feb 202241 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TX
Received 10 Feb 202225 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 10 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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