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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.
8,715 approved · 1,263 refused · 743 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
67 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 6 Jul 202326 Hythe Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BE
Received 6 Jul 202330 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 7 Jul 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 7 Jul 2023Units 9 10 & 11, Brittania Enterprise Centre, Waterworks Road, Hastings, TN34 1RT
Received 7 Jul 202310A Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 10 Jul 2023Land between 42 & 45 Tackleway (rear of Zion Cottage) Hastings
Received 10 Jul 202311 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 10 Jul 2023403 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 10 Jul 202327 Perth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EA
Received 10 Jul 2023211 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 10 Jul 2023111 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1TQ
Received 11 Jul 202314 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 11 Jul 202351 - 53 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 11 Jul 2023Second and Third Floor, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 11 Jul 2023Second and Third Floor, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 11 Jul 2023Beauport Water Works, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Jul 2023Grass Verge fronting Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea (Opposite Wychnor Cottage)
Received 12 Jul 20239-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 30 Jun 20233 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 7 Jul 202312 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 13 Jul 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 13 Jul 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 13 Jul 2023Flat 1, Heron Court, 5 Cumberland Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QL
Received 17 Jul 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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