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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.
8,772 approved · 1,276 refused · 749 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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6 Torfield House, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 24 Nov 2023Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge, (East of Harrow Lane), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Nov 20233 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 24 Nov 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 24 Nov 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 27 Nov 202317 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 27 Nov 2023314 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 29 Nov 2023Unit D, 1-9 Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 28 Nov 202359 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 29 Nov 20235 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 29 Nov 2023Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 29 Nov 2023Flat 5 , 6 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 29 Nov 2023208 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 29 Nov 202359 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AY
Received 29 Nov 202363 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 30 Nov 202347 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DJ
Received 30 Nov 2023Woodlands, 15 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 30 Nov 2023Second Floor Flat 5, 49 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 1 Dec 2023The Whitebeach Care Home, 24 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 1 Dec 202375 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 4 Dec 202361 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BJ
Received 4 Dec 202347 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 4 Dec 2023229A Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 4 Dec 2023Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 4 Dec 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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