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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 dates11,713Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 10,604 approved or refused records
1,333Refused applications
9,271 approved · 1,333 refused · 790 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- DecidedHS/TP/24/00622
Sycamore- reduce tree height by 6 linear metres (amended description)
Hoadswood, 483 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 3 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00623
Proposed car parking bay and staircase access
53 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 3 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00624
Proposed single-storey rear and side pool house extension (amended description).
243 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NE
Received 4 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/CC/24/00625
Retention of 1 No mobile classroom for a further 5 years until 31 August 2029 (HS/3361/CC/1)
Sandown Primary School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 28 Aug 2024 - DecidedHS/EX/24/00626
Application for a Certificate of Lawful development for Material commencement on site of approved Planning Application HS/FA/23/00488 (First floor side extension to provide additional bedroom and en-suite shower room, and cladding installed to first floor of dwelling and extension), using cladding permitted under HS/CD/24/00537 (details of cladding). This application seeks a certificate to the effect that this work alone would constitute commencement of the development permitted under HS/FA/23/00488 for the purposes of Condition 1 attached to that permission.
236 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 4 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00627
1 x Willow - Pollard (amended description)
Willowbank, 15 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedHS/LB/24/00628
Refurbishment of cottage to include removal of modern stove on second floor, installation of stove on ground floor, removal of inappropriate paint that is causing damp on ground floor brick walls and replacement with lime paint and plaster, removal of inappropriate floor tiles on ground floor and replacement with reclaimed terracotta tiles, installation of bath in first floor bathroom to replace large shower, reinstalling banisters on staircases
104C High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 5 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00629
2 x Oak Trees - reduce crown by 3-4m
246 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QZ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00630
Change of use of the loft space from ancillary storage space of ground floor Class E premises to a 1 bed/2person self-contained C3 residential flat. 2 no. dormers and 1 no. rooflight to the front elevation, and 1 no. dormer to the rear elevation. Replacement of timber sash windows to uPVC windows. Configuration changes to doors and shopfront at ground floor of front elevation (amended description).
153-154 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 6 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00631
Retrospective change of use from C3 (dwellinghouse) to C2 (children's home) (amended description)
1 Coxheath Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8ES
Received 9 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00632
Coffee shop with drive thru facility with associated parking and landscaping
Corner Plot, Land at Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 9 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00633
Proposed widening of driveway with retaining walls.
3 Hamilton Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5HQ
Received 9 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00634
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of Planning Permission HS/FA/19/01001 as amended by HS/FA/22/00314 and HS/FA/24/00083 (New modular buildings ancillary to the on site educational and sports uses, improving and developing outdoor recreation areas, replacement fencing, new compost toilets and new landscaping. The proposal also includes the incorporation of a baseball field on the existing sports field) - Amendment - to erect a single storey timber clad workshop on the hard standing where a proposal for a nursery and classroom was previously granted, and replacement surface for existing MUGA (amended description).
The Firs Sports Ground, Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 9 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00635
Construction of new self-build dwelling, creation of vehicle parking and access facilities, refuse and cycle storage facilities and associated hard and soft landscaping works (Amended description)
44 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 10 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00636
Change of use of part of basement and ground floors and of 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th floors from Class E (Offices) to form 3 x flats, loft extension and dormer alterations, alterations to the shop front and to existing fenestration along the front and rear elevations, and introduction of a new residential entrance, refuse store and cycle store at basement and ground floor levels (Amended description)
17 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 11 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/PR/24/00637
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a loft conversion with a rear dormer and roof lights to the front elevation
116 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RN
Received 11 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00638
Oak - Prune branches 4m back to boundary Pine - Remove branch 4m overhanging boundary
Land rear of 8 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00639
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Materials), 6 (Drainage details), 7 (Construction Management Plan), and 10 (Cycle storage facilities) of Planning Permission HS/FA/22/00941 (Proposed use of disused undercroft area to provide 4 residential flats)
Undercroft Area Below Flat Nos. 10 - 27 The Sycamores, Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 6JL
Received 11 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/CD/24/00640
Discharge of Condition 4 (details of external materials) of Planning Permission HS/FA/24/00350 (Roof extension together with internal alterations to improve mortuary, administration and storage accommodation)
Shop and Workshop 2-4, Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 12 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00641
Proposed Single Storey Side Extension to, and Conversion of, existing Double Garage to form Annexe accommodation
42 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 12 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00646
Creation of charging zone with erection of EV chargers, sub-station enclosure, LV panel, meter cabinet and associated works
Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 12 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00647
Replacement of garage doors. Alterations to fenestration on the side elevation of the single storey rear extension and replacement of 2 no. rooflights on the single storey rear extension (amended description).
47 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5NB
Received 12 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/FA/24/00649
Installation of an air-source heat pump
49 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QZ
Received 13 Sept 2024 - DecidedHS/TP/24/00650
Hornbeam - Reduce height to approximately 1 metre above the old major cuts. Twin stemmed Oak - Remove the lower right hand branch to let more light in. Prune back the overhanging branches by approximately 1-2 metres.
10 Paxhill Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RE (Trees located in gardens of 21 and 23 Silvan Road)
Received 16 Sept 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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