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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.
8,703 approved · 1,263 refused · 741 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harrow Lane Playing Fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Jun 2023Units 20-23 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DX
Received 9 Jun 2023Land Rear of Ivyhouse Business Park, Haywood Way, Hastings
Received 9 Jun 20237 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 9 Jun 2023141 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TA
Received 12 Jun 202314 Ravine Close, Hastings, TN34 2BH
Received 12 Jun 202338 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JZ
Received 12 Jun 20237 Seymour Villas, Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2AQ
Received 2 Jun 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 12 Jun 2023Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 13 Jun 2023Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 13 Jun 2023Pavement fronting Warrior Square Gardens, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Jun 202310 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 13 Jun 20237 The Coppice, Hastings, TN34 1YR
Received 13 Jun 20233 Cumberland Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QL
Received 14 Jun 202318 Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JB
Received 14 Jun 202338 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 14 Jun 2023Pavement At Junction Of Park View And Parkstone Road, Hastings
Received 15 Jun 2023Mission Church (St Annes), 11 Chambers Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 9HY
Received 15 Jun 202361 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EY
Received 15 Jun 2023Second floor, Costa Coffee, 14-15 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 14 Jun 202394 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RN
Received 15 Jun 202332 Fairfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UA
Received 15 Jun 202310 Stanhope Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ED
Received 16 Jun 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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