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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.
8,680 approved · 1,263 refused · 739 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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41 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 29 May 2023Rear of 248 Wishing Tree Road, St. Leonards East Sussex, TN38 9LA
Received 30 May 2023425 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 31 May 202373A Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RG
Received 1 Jun 2023Sussex Police Communication Station, Mill Lane, Hastings
Received 1 Jun 2023Site of Former, 1 Wayside, 490 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Jun 202349 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 2 Jun 202369 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 2 Jun 202368 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 5 Jun 202318 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TN
Received 5 Jun 202355A Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 24 May 202355A Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 25 May 202374 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EL
Received 5 Jun 202369 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DE
Received 5 Jun 202315 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 5 Jun 2023108 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RT
Received 6 Jun 2023The Quarry, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 6 Jun 202333 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 7 Jun 202327 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 7 Jun 2023Builders Yard rear of 41 The Ridge, Coghurst Road, Hastings
Received 7 Jun 20232 Playden Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SH
Received 1 Jun 202329 - 31 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3BA
Received 31 May 2023Land at Woodland Vale Road And De Cham Road, (Land Adjacent to 185 London Road), St Leonards-On-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 6JJ
Received 2 Jun 2023Flat 3, Moreton Court, 40-41 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 8 Jun 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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