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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.
8,635 approved · 1,254 refused · 731 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
The Pound Junction Of Harold Road, Old London Road, Hastings
Received 24 Nov 2022184 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 24 Nov 2022264 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AG
Received 24 Nov 2022Land south of, 131 Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Nov 2022Shop and Premises, 20 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 24 Nov 2022HSBC, 4-5 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HW
Received 24 Nov 2022Undercroft Area Below Flat Nos. 10 - 27 The Sycamores, Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 6JL
Received 25 Nov 20229 Starr's Cottages, Hastings, TN34 3BW
Received 25 Nov 2022Rock House, 11 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 25 Nov 2022Rock House, 11 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 25 Nov 20222 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NU
Received 25 Nov 2022The Duke, 48 Duke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DN
Received 25 Nov 2022Flat 3, 31 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 28 Nov 202284 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QY
Received 28 Nov 202262 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 28 Nov 2022Garages to the rear of 270, St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NF
Received 28 Nov 20229 Telham Close, Hastings, TN34 2UQ
Received 21 Nov 2022131 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 29 Nov 202219 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 29 Nov 202219 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 29 Nov 20222 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 29 Nov 2022Verge North West of Roundabout, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Nov 20222 Chambers Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HZ
Received 29 Nov 202210 Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 29 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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