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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.
8,755 approved · 1,273 refused · 749 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge,(East of Harrow Lane), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Oct 2023Land at, 63 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 26 Oct 20234 Sycamore Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WA
Received 26 Oct 202315 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 27 Oct 2023Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 27 Oct 202310 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BX
Received 30 Oct 2023Ground and Lower Ground Floors, 75 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RA
Received 30 Oct 2023Vehicle Repair Workshop, 23 Calvert Road, Hastings, TN34 3NG
Received 30 Oct 202312 Chanctonbury Drive, Hastings, TN34 2QN
Received 31 Oct 202328 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 1 Nov 20231 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 1 Nov 2023St Leonards Lodge, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HW
Received 31 Oct 2023130 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 2 Nov 202329 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 3 Nov 2023Garages at Portstone Court, Portland Place, Hastings
Received 3 Nov 2023115 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JY
Received 3 Nov 2023Site of former, 42 Beauharrow Road, (Land between 38 Beauharrow Road and 1 The West Trees), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Nov 2023College of the Holy Child Jesus, Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EG
Received 6 Nov 202325 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Nov 202323 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 7 Nov 2023Ecclesbourne Reservoir, Hastings Country Park, Fairlight Road, Hastings
Received 9 Nov 202331 Eisenhower Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TQ
Received 31 Oct 2023First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 47 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EY
Received 9 Nov 2023Horntye Park Sports Complex, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1EX
Received 10 Nov 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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