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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.
8,436 approved · 1,229 refused · 714 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Fountain Inn, 26 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 10 Feb 202217 Highwater View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EL
Received 7 Feb 2022491 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 11 Feb 202237-38 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BU
Received 11 Feb 20221 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 9 Feb 202214 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JY
Received 14 Feb 202262 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 14 Feb 2022Cottage On The Downs, Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DN
Received 14 Feb 20226 Richborough Close, Hastings, TN34 2PB
Received 14 Feb 20224 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 9 Feb 20226 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 8 Feb 20227 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 8 Feb 202249 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 11 Feb 2022390 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5HG
Received 15 Feb 20227 Lullington Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SH
Received 15 Feb 20222 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 15 Feb 2022Land South of Holmhurst St Mary (rear of 10 Francis Bird Place), The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Feb 202218 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 16 Feb 20222 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 17 Feb 2022First Floor Flat, 101 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 17 Feb 2022JET Petrol Station, 286 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BH
Received 17 Feb 2022Lower Park, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 18 Feb 2022Lower Park, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 18 Feb 202212-13 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 18 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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