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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.
8,745 approved · 1,268 refused · 748 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Terrain Vehicles, Units 8, 10 & 12 Bridge Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AP
Received 15 Sept 202317 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 15 Sept 202317 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 15 Sept 202310A West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NB
Received 18 Sept 202339 Hughenden Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3ST
Received 18 Sept 202363 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 20 Sept 2023Flat 2, 29 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 20 Sept 2023Flat 2, 29 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 20 Sept 202333 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 22 Sept 202322C Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY
Received 22 Sept 202366 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 25 Sept 2023Ground Floor, 56 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 25 Sept 2023Public House, Yates Wine Lodge, 54-56 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HY
Received 27 Sept 2023146 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DD
Received 27 Sept 20231 Oxley Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SZ
Received 19 Sept 2023Flat 1, 10 Anglesea Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QS
Received 20 Sept 2023Land at Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 28 Sept 2023Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 28 Sept 202316 Ravine Close, Hastings, TN34 2BH
Received 28 Sept 2023Land at rear of 401 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 28 Sept 2023125A Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 29 Sept 2023East Hill House, 13 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 29 Sept 2023Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA
Received 2 Oct 2023St Matthews Parish Church, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PD
Received 2 Oct 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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