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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.
8,780 approved · 1,276 refused · 750 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48-54 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3AY
Received 5 Dec 20233 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 5 Dec 2023The Plough Inn, 49 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 5 Dec 202314 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 6 Dec 202314 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 6 Dec 202340 Upper Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SL
Received 6 Dec 2023Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 8 Dec 2023Shop and Premises, 1 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 8 Dec 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 8 Dec 20237 Welbeck Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NP
Received 8 Dec 2023Land at, Station Plaza, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 12 Dec 20234 Westerleigh Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UQ
Received 30 Nov 202314 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 13 Dec 2023VIVE, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 13 Dec 2023Coleman House Brook Way, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 14 Dec 2023Station Plaza, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 15 Dec 2023Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 15 Dec 202316 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 18 Dec 2023Land Rear of Ivyhouse Business Park, Haywood Way, Hastings
Received 18 Dec 2023225 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 4 Dec 2023Land fronting, 55 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 7 Dec 202387 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PX
Received 14 Dec 2023Ben Nevis Suite, 6 Highlands Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HT
Received 19 Dec 202324 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 20 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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