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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.
8,659 approved · 1,263 refused · 736 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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210 Linley Drive, Hastings, TN34 2BY
Received 10 Apr 20233 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 12 Apr 202310 Kite Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DR
Received 12 Apr 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 12 Apr 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 12 Apr 20235 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 13 Apr 2023Ridge House, 27 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 5 Apr 2023184 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 6 Apr 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 14 Apr 202350 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 14 Apr 2023242 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 14 Apr 2023Restaurant and Premises 6, East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 17 Apr 2023220 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ES
Received 17 Apr 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 17 Apr 20238 Robsack Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SJ
Received 18 Apr 2023Philips House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 18 Apr 2023Land adjacent 115, Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings
Received 18 Apr 202387 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 19 Apr 2023296 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LR
Received 20 Apr 2023Land and trees east of, Harkness Drive, (Adjacent 9 Norcross Close), Hastings, TN34 2LS
Received 18 Apr 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 20 Apr 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 20 Apr 202349 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 21 Apr 2023Flat 2, 29 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 21 Apr 2023Records 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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