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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.
8,621 approved · 1,251 refused · 729 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 24 Oct 202232 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 24 Oct 2022NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 20 Oct 202269 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 24 Oct 202210 Sovereign Mews, Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AT
Received 25 Oct 20221 Old House Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2JS
Received 25 Oct 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 25 Oct 2022Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 25 Oct 202266 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 26 Oct 202266 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 26 Oct 20224 All Saints Crescent, Hastings, TN35 5PD
Received 26 Oct 202260 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JY
Received 27 Oct 20226 Thanet Way, Hastings, TN34 2HP
Received 28 Oct 2022Lennox House, 69 Pine Avenue, Hastings
Received 26 Oct 202248-54 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 31 Oct 202215 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 31 Oct 2022Zeus Gym and Shop, Theaklen Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AZ
Received 1 Nov 2022Land Rear of Ivyhouse Business Park, Haywood Way, Hastings
Received 1 Nov 2022Unit 2 Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BG
Received 2 Nov 2022West Lodge, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 3 Nov 2022Flat 4, 99 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Nov 2022Shop and premises, 45-46 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 7 Nov 2022Claremont Hair Studio, Hairdressing Salon and Premises, 7 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 7 Nov 202225 Eversley Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QD
Received 7 Nov 2022Records 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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