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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8,647 approved · 1,262 refused · 735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Offices First Second Third and Fourth Floors, 10-11 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 2 Mar 2023Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 3 Mar 2023111 Braybrooke Road, Hastings, TN34 1TQ
Received 2 Mar 202339 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JY
Received 2 Mar 202323 Southwater Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JR
Received 2 Mar 202329 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QU
Received 2 Mar 20238-18, The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 3 Mar 202351 St Dominic Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PH
Received 3 Mar 202345 E & F (upper floors), London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 3 Mar 2023Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Mar 2023Seymour Place, 15 Saxon Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AB
Received 6 Mar 2023Fourth Floor Flat 6, 6 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 6 Mar 2023Shop and premises, 45-46 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 6 Mar 2023104 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 6 Mar 202322 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JH
Received 6 Mar 202398 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 28 Feb 20238 Hickman Way, Hastings, TN34 2QF
Received 6 Mar 2023Former Mount Denys, 187 The Ridge, Hastings
Received 7 Mar 2023First Floor Flat, 9 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 7 Mar 2023St Johns Parish Hall, Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RD
Received 7 Mar 2023Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 7 Mar 202319 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 7 Mar 202312 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 7 Mar 2023Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 7 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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