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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.
8,632 approved · 1,253 refused · 731 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 White Rock Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LD
Received 16 Nov 2022Pavement fronting, 30-36 Queens Road, Hastings
Received 16 Nov 2022Pavement fronting, Bancey's, 46 Robertson Street, Hastings
Received 16 Nov 2022Pavement fronting, 1 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings
Received 16 Nov 2022Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge, (East of Harrow Lane), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Nov 20225 White Rock Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LD
Received 16 Nov 202242A Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DT
Received 16 Nov 202276 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 16 Nov 202253 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 17 Nov 2022Land to the Rear of 419 to 447 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 18 Nov 2022Ground Floor Vehicle Repair Workshop, 221-229 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LU
Received 18 Nov 2022Flat 3, 8 Stanley Road, Hastings, TN34 1UE
Received 18 Nov 2022Sunningdale Lodge, 60 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 11 Nov 2022First Floor Store and Premises, 19 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 21 Nov 202230 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LT
Received 21 Nov 202232 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 21 Nov 2022Land South and East of Electricity Generating Station, Firtree Road, Hastings
Received 21 Nov 202219 & 20 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 22 Nov 202219 & 20 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 22 Nov 2022244 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 22 Nov 202231 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 22 Nov 2022Unit C, The Roebuck Centre, Roebuck Street, Hastings, TN34 3BB
Received 7 Nov 2022York Road Buildings between, 4-6 York Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PU
Received 23 Nov 202227 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 23 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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