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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.
8,737 approved · 1,265 refused · 747 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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22C Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY
Received 21 Aug 202318 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 22 Aug 20232 Beaufort Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QB
Received 15 Aug 202310 East Parade & 30 West Street (Restaurant and Flat above), Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 14 Aug 202310 East Parade & 30 West Street (Restaurant and Flat above), Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 14 Aug 2023Croft House, The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 16 Aug 202329 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AS
Received 18 Aug 20232 Larch Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RZ
Received 23 Aug 20232 Larch Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RZ
Received 23 Aug 2023St John the Evangelist Church, Upper Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AT
Received 24 Aug 2023Flat 5, 16 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 24 Aug 2023Land Between, 381-389 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 25 Aug 2023Somerset House, 10 Upper Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AT
Received 25 Aug 2023The John Logie Baird Public House, 29-31 Havelock Road & 4 Middle Street, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 28 Aug 202382 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NT
Received 29 Aug 202361 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JS
Received 31 Aug 202330 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SX
Received 31 Aug 202314 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 31 Aug 2023Land adjoining 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 31 Aug 2023Land Adjoining 365, Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3NW
Received 31 Aug 2023First Floor, 25A Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HD
Received 1 Sept 2023Builders Yard rear of 41 The Ridge, Coghurst Road, Hastings
Received 1 Sept 202323 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ
Received 1 Sept 20238 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 1 Sept 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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