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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.
8,710 approved · 1,263 refused · 742 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 27 Jun 2023Land to the rear of 5-7 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 27 Jun 202325 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 29 Jun 2023Warehouse and Premises, 312A Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 21 Jun 20234 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NZ
Received 29 Jun 2023129 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TP
Received 29 Jun 2023Ridge House, 27 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 29 Jun 202355 Park Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2PW
Received 26 Jun 2023Linton Arches, Braybrooke Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1TD
Received 30 Jun 202310 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 30 Jun 202310 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 30 Jun 202311 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LS
Received 3 Jul 2023Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 3 Jul 2023Tesco Express, 397 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BH
Received 3 Jul 2023Sussex Police Communication Station, Mill Lane, Hastings
Received 3 Jul 202314 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 4 Jul 2023Ark Alexandra Academy, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 6 Jul 2023573 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AX
Received 6 Jul 202330 Helmsman Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BQ
Received 6 Jul 2023Shop and Premises, 20 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 30 Jun 2023Land fronting 55 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 28 Jun 2023Stade Hall, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3FJ
Received 6 Jul 2023North Hastings Trade Park, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 6 Jul 20237 The Alley, Hastings, TN34 1HB
Received 6 Jul 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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