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Hastings Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates11,213Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,156 approved or refused records
1,288Refused applications
8,868 approved · 1,288 refused · 755 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning First Aid (SECAmb)Local plan Planning policyConservation areas Building conservationArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- DecidedHS/FA/24/00501
Subdivision of existing maisonette on ground and first floor to create two, 1 bedroom flats and installation of doors to existing lower ground floor flat (amended description).
37 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NF
Received 11 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00502
Reinstate the open porch area, and replace the casement windows in the front elevation ground floor bay window with uPVC sliding sash windows (amended description)
57 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TZ
Received 11 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/LB/24/00503
Replacement of lower roof on south elevation. Roof to be raised 25mm to allow for the installtion of a breathable membrane and counter battens.
St Mary Magdalen Church, Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EE
Received 11 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00504
Variation of Condition 3 (Approved plans) of Planning Permission HS/FA/23/00211 (Change of use of ground floor from public house to 2 No.1 Bed apartments including rear extension First floor extension to increase size of existing first floor accommodation 2nd floor side Dorma extension External alterations Proposed gated parking, bin and cycle store areas to rear garden Proposed living sedum roof and screening New vehicle access) - Amendment- Change window positions.
The Duke, 48 Duke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DN
Received 11 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00505
Discharge of Condition 6 (details of the approach to cleaning the Statue) of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/24/00212 (Variation of conditions: 2 (photographic record); 3 (method statement); 6 (samples); 8 (report showing metal fixings); 9 (ground investigation/structural report) and 10 of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/22/00096 (Restoration and Repair of the Queen Anne Monument) Amendments to wording of conditions 2, 3, 6, 8,9 and 10 and implementation of new conditions and associated numbering (amended description)
Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 11 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00506
Discharge of Condition 3 (details of permeable materials) of Planning Permission HS/FA/24/00030 (Creation of off-road parking and pavement crossover)
21 Montgomery Road, Hastings, TN35 4LA
Received 1 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00508
Proposed single storey rear extension to form office.
The Whitebeach Care Home, 24 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 12 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00509
TPO NO38, W5Cedar - Fell Eucalyptus - Fell
10 Beauport Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PQ
Received 12 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00510
Proposed loft conversion, changes to external fenestrations & internal alterations.
Tangmere, 40 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 12 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00513
Group of 3 x ash - remove
30 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SX
Received 2 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/PR/24/00515
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights, new French doors to replace existing rear window and new full depth glazed window to replace existing door on the ground floor at rear of house, and internal alterations.
15 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LZ
Received 15 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00518
Small single storey rear extension with flat roof
43 Southwater Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JR
Received 16 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00519
Discharge of Condition 11 (hard landscaping), 14 (buffer zone alongside Hollington Stream), 16 (details of attenuation tanks), 18 (drainage) of Planning Permission HS/FA/21/00594 (Demolition of existing bungalow at no.24 and construction of eight family dwellings and new access road, landscaping and associated works)
Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00521
Installation of 3 no. external air source heat pump units to the front elevation.
12-14 Theaklen Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AZ
Received 19 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00522
Proposed demolition of existing rear Conservatory. Construction of a single storey rear extension
4 Coventry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9ET
Received 19 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00523
Proposed removal of existing open front porch and construction of new, enlarged open front porch. Proposed cladding to front gable at first floor level
17 Whittlewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SR
Received 19 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00524
Discharge of Conditions 7 (drainage system) and 8.ii (means of foul and surface water disposal) of Planning Permission HS/FA/23/00291 (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of Planning Permission HS/FA/20/00384 (Proposed detached dwelling and associated landscaping.) Amendment to design of dwelling).
Land Adjacent, 74 Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00525
Discharge of Condition 27 (Materials Details) of Planning Permission HS/FA/21/00851 (Erection of hotel with ancillary ground floor restaurant, car parking, landscaping and all associated works)
Former Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 19 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/PR/24/00526
Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful development for the replacement of the existing underground HP-MP system at Battle PRS, East Sussex, with a new above ground regulator skid, housed in a kiosk with separate filter/heat exchanger skid, new above ground boiler house and full E&I associated installation works. Additional works to replace the current redundant HP-HP heating system with new heat exchangers and package boiler house to coincide with a complete E&I upgrade of the HP-HP system to include a new combined Boiler house/Control room. When new systems are commissioned the existing underground control room will be demolished/infilled. New footpaths, site access and roadway construction to be installed as per design. Installation of Paladin 358 Security Fence around the site to replace the current chain link fence that surrounds the site.
Gas Pressure Reducing Station, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/PR/24/00527
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for use of a dwelling (C3a) as a small children's home for two children, with a manager and two carers who sleep or awake overnight, working on a rota basis (C2), within a residential dwellinghouse.
86 Seven Acre Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QF
Received 22 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00528
1 x Cherry - remove
11 Beauport Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PQ
Received 10 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00529
Proposed single storey side extension to form shower/utility room.
53 Normandy Road, Hastings, TN34 2ND
Received 23 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00530
Amendments to the roof of the lobby of the existing retail store
Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 23 Jul 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00531
Discharge of conditions 5 (methodology statement for stone replacement & repairs) and 7( proposed methodology for record keeping and reporting) of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/24/00212 (Variation of conditions: 2 (photographic record); 3 (method statement); 6 (samples); 8 (report showing metal fixings); 9 (ground investigation/structural report) and 10 of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/22/00096 (Restoration and Repair of the Queen Anne Monument) Amendments to wording of conditions 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 10 and implementation of new conditions and associated numbering (amended description)
Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 23 Jul 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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