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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.
8,813 approved · 1,280 refused · 751 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land rear of 7 Salcey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SS
Received 14 Mar 2024Land at Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 26 Mar 202451-53 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 26 Mar 202415 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 26 Mar 202456 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 27 Mar 2024Mission Church (St Annes), 11 Chambers Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HY
Received 27 Mar 2024183 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 27 Mar 20241B, 98 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 21 Mar 2024100 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 28 Mar 2024Land East of 46 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 28 Mar 202459 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 28 Mar 2024Rear of 1 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 29 Mar 202410 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 29 Mar 202410 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 29 Mar 202410 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 29 Mar 202467 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 29 Mar 2024Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 2 Apr 2024Old Roar Gill, St Helens Road, Hastings (rear of 18 Tall Ash Drive)
Received 22 Mar 202410 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 3 Apr 202411 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 3 Apr 2024Iris Court, Snowdrop Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GN
Received 4 Apr 202417 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SB
Received 4 Apr 202478 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 4 Apr 20243 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 4 Apr 2024Records 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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