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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.
8,725 approved · 1,264 refused · 746 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot G Scientific Optical Ltd, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9YA
Received 7 Aug 2023Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 8 Aug 2023167 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 26 Jul 2023Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 31 Jul 202327-29 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 9 Aug 202324 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NB
Received 9 Aug 202368-70 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Aug 2023The Coach House High Beech, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TG
Received 11 Aug 2023168 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LQ
Received 11 Aug 2023NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 11 Aug 20236 Stonebeach Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EN
Received 14 Aug 2023Land rear of 381, Old London Road, (adjacent to garage rear of 12 Saxon Road), Hastings
Received 14 Aug 202322 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 14 Aug 202323 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 14 Aug 202323 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 14 Aug 2023Land at Plot Px and Plot Qx, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Aug 202355 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EY
Received 16 Aug 2023107 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EJ
Received 16 Aug 202340 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 17 Aug 2023253 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AN
Received 17 Aug 2023Philips House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 18 Aug 2023Travis Perkins Ltd, Springfield Valley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RP
Received 18 Aug 202341 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 16 Aug 202351 St Dominic Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PH
Received 21 Aug 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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