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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.
8,808 approved · 1,279 refused · 751 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at 63 Boyne Road, Hastings, TN35 5NY
Received 15 Mar 2024Land to the rear of 21 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 18 Mar 2024153-154 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 18 Mar 202433 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 18 Mar 2024Land east of, 16-24 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Mar 2024120 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 18 Mar 202451 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JY
Received 18 Mar 2024Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 18 Mar 2024Land to the rear of 87 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 18 Mar 2024Glenmuir House, 4 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Mar 202415 Chambers Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HZ
Received 12 Mar 202412 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 19 Mar 2024Parkside, 20 Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 19 Mar 2024102 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 19 Mar 2024Builders Yard rear of 41 The Ridge, Coghurst Road, Hastings
Received 19 Mar 2024Units A & E, Brook Way, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 19 Mar 202499 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AB
Received 20 Mar 2024134 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 20 Mar 202422 Oakwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2JF
Received 20 Mar 2024Holly Court, 13 Stanley Road, Hastings, TN34 1UE
Received 21 Mar 20242 Paxhill Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RE
Received 22 Mar 20241 Oxford Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3DH
Received 25 Mar 20247 The Slides, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LE
Received 25 Mar 2024Vehicle Repair Workshop, 31 South Street St Leonards-on-sea, First Floor Club & Premises 3 Western Road, TN37 6AP
Received 19 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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