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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.
8,444 approved · 1,231 refused · 714 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 18 Feb 202210 Highwater View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EL
Received 18 Feb 2022Rosemary Cottage, 20A Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DA
Received 17 Feb 202217 Tuppenney Close, Hastings, TN35 5QJ
Received 21 Feb 2022The Studio, 11 Saxon Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AG
Received 21 Feb 2022Barclays, 207-208 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 21 Feb 202293 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 21 Feb 202259 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 22 Feb 2022First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 26 De Cham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JP
Received 22 Feb 202210 Hythe Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BE
Received 22 Feb 2022Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 22 Feb 2022Land opposite, 56-58 West Hill Road (Adjacent to Sussex Steps & 71 West Hill Road), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Feb 2022Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 23 Feb 2022Land at Plot Px and Plot Qx, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Feb 2022His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 23 Feb 2022Land rear of 52 - 68 Boyne Road, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35
Received 21 Feb 2022Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA
Received 24 Feb 2022Flat 2, 34 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TY
Received 25 Feb 202215 Baird Drive, Hastings, TN34 2JL
Received 25 Feb 202226 St Pauls Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RS
Received 28 Feb 202232 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 28 Feb 2022The Coach House, 17 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 28 Feb 202220 Essenden Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NW
Received 28 Feb 20223 Highlands Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HT
Received 1 Mar 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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