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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.
8,825 approved · 1,284 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clyde House, 258 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 26 Apr 202493 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 29 Apr 202425 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3JY
Received 29 Apr 2024The Firs Sports Ground, (Educational Unit),Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 29 Apr 2024134 Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JE
Received 29 Apr 202425 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3JY
Received 29 Apr 2024Restaurant and Premises 6, East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 29 Apr 2024397 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RJ
Received 23 Apr 2024Ticehurst Court And Saffreys Court, Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0YB
Received 23 Apr 202457 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 23 Apr 2024East Hill House, 13 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 30 Apr 202441 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 30 Apr 2024Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 30 Apr 20249-11 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 1 May 2024Unit 1, Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 1 May 202475 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QY
Received 2 May 202412 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 2 May 20246 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3LA
Received 2 May 202412 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 3 May 2024Ground and First Floor Flat, 47 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 3 May 202483 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PX
Received 7 May 2024Shop and Workshop 2-4, Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 7 May 2024277 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 8 May 2024Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 8 May 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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