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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,831 approved · 1,284 refused · 753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 9 May 202435 Campbell Court, Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UG
Received 10 May 2024Flat 1b, 26 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 13 May 202438 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received 13 May 2024Restaurant and Premises, 15A-18A East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 13 May 202410 Linton Crescent, Hastings, TN34 1TJ
Received 14 May 2024Restaurant and Premises, 15A-18A East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 14 May 2024Former Westerleigh School northern playing field, Hollington Park Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 May 20242 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 3 May 2024Promenade Opposite 48-49 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 May 2024Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 14 May 2024Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 14 May 202417 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 15 May 202427 Tenterden Rise, Hastings, TN34 2HH
Received 15 May 2024Flat E, 1 Mews Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EA
Received 16 May 2024Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 16 May 202424A Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY
Received 8 May 2024Linton Arches, Braybrooke Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1TD
Received 17 May 202459-60 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BN
Received 17 May 202418 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RU
Received 20 May 202431 Eisenhower Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TQ
Received 20 May 202438 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DJ
Received 20 May 2024Coleman House Brook Way, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 20 May 202429-30 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 21 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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