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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.
8,618 approved · 1,251 refused · 729 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 11 Oct 2022Fern House, Sinnock Passage, Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HQ
Received 11 Oct 2022107 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 29 Sept 2022Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Oct 2022Plot Tx General Dynamics Ltd, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9PU
Received 12 Oct 2022Workshop and Premises, 4 South Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AP
Received 12 Sept 2022Mad 4 Mobiles, Shop and Premises, 41A Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 17 Oct 202282 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NE
Received 17 Oct 2022Flat 2, 48 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 11 Oct 202260 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 17 Oct 2022110A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 18 Oct 2022110A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 18 Oct 2022Shop and Premises, 20 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 18 Oct 2022Mission Church, 11 Chambers Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HY
Received 18 Oct 2022His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 19 Oct 202243 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JZ
Received 19 Oct 202228 York Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PU
Received 19 Oct 2022Ground Floor, 51A Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Oct 2022Site of former, 46-54 North Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3NR
Received 20 Oct 2022NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 20 Oct 202294 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QX
Received 24 Oct 202224 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 24 Oct 202254B Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ
Received 24 Oct 2022Land to the rear of 5-7 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 24 Oct 2022Records 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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