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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.
9,714 approved · 1,398 refused · 805 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 11 Jul 2025Beauport Holiday Park, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 11 Jul 2025209-210 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 14 Jul 2025209-210 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 14 Jul 2025209-210 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 14 Jul 202529-30 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 14 Jul 20255 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 14 Jul 202593 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 15 Jul 2025Shipwreck Heritage Centre, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 3 Jul 202514 Oxford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9ER
Received 16 Jul 2025Hastings Castle, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 16 Jul 202537 Old Harrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EG
Received 17 Jul 2025Flat 3, 61 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LN
Received 17 Jul 2025316 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LR
Received 18 Jul 202531 Madeira Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NH
Received 18 Jul 2025Superdrug, Unit MS2, Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 18 Jul 202560 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RQ
Received 18 Jul 2025Service Station, Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 22 Jul 2025Former University of Brighton in Hastings, Priory Street, Hastings, TN34 1EA
Received 22 Jul 2025Ground Floor, 9 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 11 Jul 20259 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 24 Jul 2025The Millers Arms, 38 Winchelsea Road, Hastings, TN35 4JU
Received 25 Jul 202531 Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 25 Jul 202588 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UL
Received 28 Jul 2025Records 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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