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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.
8,668 approved · 1,263 refused · 738 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 15 May 2023Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 15 May 2023Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 15 May 2023444 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RY
Received 15 May 202320 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 15 May 2023141 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TA
Received 15 May 202349 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DU
Received 16 May 2023177 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 16 May 2023Land west of Fletcher Avenue (rear of 2 Waterloo Close), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 May 2023East Sussex College Hastings, Station Plaza, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 16 May 2023Val Gardena, 18 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 17 May 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 17 May 20233 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ET
Received 16 May 2023159 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EH
Received 18 May 202310 Hythe Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BE
Received 18 May 2023The Old Penny School House, 31 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ET
Received 19 May 2023The Old Penny School House, 31 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ET
Received 19 May 2023Flat 4, 16 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2ER
Received 19 May 2023VIVE, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 22 May 202313 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EE
Received 22 May 20231 Oxford Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3DH
Received 22 May 202359 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 22 May 202356 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 22 May 202319 & 20 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 22 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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