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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.
8,640 approved · 1,258 refused · 733 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairlight Reservoir, Rye Road, Hastings
Received 16 Jan 2023High Beech Chalet Park, (The Office), Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 10 Jan 2023Rear of 248 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 16 Jan 2023138 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 17 Jan 2023His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 17 Jan 2023His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 17 Jan 202354 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QH
Received 19 Jan 20235 Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 18 Jan 2023First Floor Flat, 104 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 19 Jan 2023Basement Flat, 209A Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 20 Jan 2023His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 20 Jan 202392 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LF
Received 23 Jan 2023389 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 23 Jan 2023Four Paws, 81 St Helens Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2QR
Received 24 Jan 2023First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 26 De Cham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JP
Received 25 Jan 202377 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TW
Received 25 Jan 2023Hastings Lifeboat Station, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3FJ
Received 26 Jan 2023Ocean House, 87-89 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LW
Received 26 Jan 2023Ocean House, 87-89 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LW
Received 26 Jan 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 26 Jan 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 26 Jan 20237 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 26 Jan 2023Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge, (East of Harrow Lane), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Jan 2023Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 27 Jan 2023Records 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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