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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.
8,751 approved · 1,273 refused · 749 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 13 Oct 202333 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 6 Oct 2023West Lodge, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 16 Oct 2023Site of Mount Pleasant Hospital, 7 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AA
Received 17 Oct 20232 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 17 Oct 2023118 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 17 Oct 2023Shop and Premises, 82 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RN
Received 17 Oct 2023199 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EA
Received 10 Oct 202336 Fairfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UA
Received 11 Oct 2023Land Opposite 30 And 30a, St Marys Terrace, Hastings
Received 18 Oct 2023Bornholm, Campkin Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FD
Received 18 Oct 20231 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AX
Received 19 Oct 202318 Delaware Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TJ
Received 19 Oct 202317 Helmsman Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BQ
Received 19 Oct 2023120 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 20 Oct 2023382 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 20 Oct 202317 Manor Road, Hastings, TN34 3LL
Received 23 Oct 202351 St Helens Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2QR
Received 24 Oct 20236 Thanet Way, Hastings, TN34 2HP
Received 24 Oct 202320 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 17 Oct 20238 North Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EY
Received 16 Oct 20232 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 25 Oct 2023land south of Railway Bridge, (North of entrance to West St Leonards Primary Academy) Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Oct 202349 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 25 Oct 2023Records 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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