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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.
8,802 approved · 1,279 refused · 751 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Deesa, Cloudesley Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JW
Received 26 Feb 2024125 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 26 Feb 20243 Five Acre Walk, Hastings, TN34 1XZ
Received 16 Feb 2024371 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 28 Feb 202432-33 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 28 Feb 202428 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 28 Feb 202453 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UG
Received 29 Feb 2024TA Centre, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Feb 2024444 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RY
Received 29 Feb 2024Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Mar 2024Garages at Portstone Court, Portland Place, Hastings
Received 1 Mar 2024Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 1 Mar 2024Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 1 Mar 2024Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards on sea
Received 4 Mar 202414 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 4 Mar 20247 North Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3NR
Received 23 Feb 2024Harmony Wood, Netherwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2SJ
Received 21 Feb 202412 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 5 Mar 20241 Celandine Drive (Land to the rear), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XT
Received 5 Mar 202453 Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NT
Received 6 Mar 2024Beauport Water Works, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Mar 2024Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Mar 2024East Hill Cliff Railway, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 7 Mar 202464 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LB
Received 7 Mar 2024Records 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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