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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.
8,665 approved · 1,263 refused · 737 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Sandwich Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XJ
Received 1 May 2023The Knoll, 129 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 1 May 202313 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 1 May 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 1 May 202376-77 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RL
Received 2 May 2023Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 May 2023Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 May 2023125A Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 3 May 202319 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 28 Apr 20235 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 23 Apr 202348 Marina, (Flat 2), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 23 Apr 20233 Hurst Court Gardens, Hastings, TN35 4BT
Received 25 Apr 202312 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UE
Received 3 May 202344 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 3 May 2023Pavement fronting 12-14 Theaklen Drive, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 May 202330 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 4 May 2023Grass verge fronting corner of Parker Road and Upper Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Received 5 May 20234 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 5 May 2023510 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BL
Received 8 May 2023Basement Flat, 8-9 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EH
Received 10 May 202343 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 10 May 2023Clyde House, 258 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 10 May 2023Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 May 202377 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UH
Received 12 May 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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