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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.
8,651 approved · 1,263 refused · 736 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Wesley Salmon Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GE
Received 10 Mar 2023Former Gents Public Conveniences, Lower Promenade, Verulam Place, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Mar 2023Flat 4, 3 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 17 Mar 202320 Clive Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5LW
Received 20 Mar 2023Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 Mar 2023184 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 20 Mar 202343-45 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 21 Mar 2023Pavement fronting Arthur Blackman Clinic, 130 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Mar 202331 Oakwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2JF
Received 21 Mar 2023The Duke, 48 Duke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DN
Received 21 Mar 2023His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 22 Mar 2023Flat 23, Quarry Wood, 23 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 16 Mar 202319A Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 22 Mar 2023Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards on sea
Received 23 Mar 2023Flat 1, 5 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ET
Received 23 Mar 202359-60 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BN
Received 24 Mar 2023Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NA
Received 27 Mar 20237 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 28 Mar 20235 Kingsdale Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UD
Received 28 Mar 2023Educational Unit, The Firs Sports Ground, Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 29 Mar 2023St Matthews Church Centre, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PD
Received 29 Mar 202367 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AR
Received 30 Mar 2023175 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 30 Mar 2023428 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 30 Mar 2023Records 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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