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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.
8,647 approved · 1,260 refused · 735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Matthews Church Centre, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PD
Received 21 Feb 2023Land at Plot Px and Plot Qx, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Feb 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 22 Feb 202312 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EE
Received 22 Feb 2023225 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 14 Feb 202329 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 22 Feb 2023277 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AH
Received 23 Feb 2023Land to the front of 443 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BB
Received 23 Feb 20235 and 6 The West Trees, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FH
Received 23 Feb 202331 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LX
Received 17 Feb 202355A Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 15 Feb 20233 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 20 Feb 2023Former Ark Helenswood Academy Upper School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AF
Received 23 Feb 2023Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Feb 20237 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 27 Feb 2023Land to the rear of 11 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 27 Feb 202312 Firtree Road, Hastings, TN34 3TR
Received 27 Feb 20234 Crecy Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QN
Received 27 Feb 202327 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 27 Feb 2023Ground Floor, 71 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TF
Received 27 Feb 2023Land at Church Wood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Feb 2023192-193 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 28 Feb 20237 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RR
Received 1 Mar 2023159 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 1 Mar 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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