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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.
8,450 approved · 1,235 refused · 715 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Linley Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DB
Received 1 Mar 2022Land Rear of Ivyhouse Business Park, Haywood Way, Hastings
Received 1 Mar 20224 Glyndebourne Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SD
Received 1 Mar 2022Co-op Supermarket, 30-32 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 1 Mar 2022173 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DY
Received 1 Mar 20221 Maze Hill Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HJ
Received 1 Mar 2022Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 2 Mar 2022Land Rear of, 22-40 Park Crescent, Hastings
Received 2 Mar 20225 The Suttons, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RA
Received 2 Mar 2022206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 2 Mar 2022Filter beds near Buckshole Cottages, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 3 Mar 202214 Murdock Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AQ
Received 3 Mar 2022Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Mar 2022Flat 3, 33 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 2 Mar 2022484 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AU
Received 4 Mar 20224 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LU
Received 4 Mar 202217 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RJ
Received 4 Mar 202223 Githa Road, Hastings, TN35 5JU
Received 4 Mar 2022Billboard sited on railway embankment south of railway bridge, at the junction of Bexhill Road and Cinque Ports Way, St Leonards-on-sea TN38 0AJ
Received 7 Mar 20223 Cloverlea, Hastings, TN34 2RZ
Received 7 Mar 2022Glenwood, 151 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 7 Mar 2022Site of former 34, West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN works affecting 33 West Street and 1 East Parade, Hastings
Received 7 Mar 2022Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 12 Cornwallis Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LP
Received 7 Mar 2022Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 7 Mar 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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