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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.
8,643 approved · 1,259 refused · 735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 9 Feb 2023Flat 2, 1 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LB
Received 9 Feb 2023142 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EJ
Received 10 Feb 2023Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Feb 202351 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 13 Feb 20234 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NZ
Received 13 Feb 20238 Tillington Terrace, Hastings, TN35 5JS
Received 13 Feb 202311 Edward Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ES
Received 10 Feb 2023Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Feb 2023Fire Station, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 14 Feb 202355 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EY
Received 15 Feb 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 16 Feb 202317 Beachy Head View, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EW
Received 16 Feb 202318 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LT
Received 16 Feb 202332 St James's Road, Hastings, TN34 3LH
Received 16 Feb 20231 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 16 Feb 2023Flat 3, 133 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 16 Feb 2023Corazal, 10 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 17 Feb 2023Ridge House, 27 Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LX
Received 17 Feb 20239 Amherst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1TU
Received 17 Feb 202339-40 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 17 Feb 202323 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 17 Feb 2023Ground Floor Vehicle Repair Workshop, 221-229 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LU
Received 17 Feb 20233 Wishing Tree Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LL
Received 20 Feb 2023Records 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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