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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.
9,786 approved · 1,417 refused · 805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site of former 34, West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 4 Sept 20252 Oxley Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SZ
Received 4 Sept 202524 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NB
Received 5 Sept 2025512 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AY
Received 10 Sept 2025The Pound Junction Of Harold Road, Old London Road, Hastings
Received 11 Sept 2025Flat 1, 64B High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 11 Sept 202510 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HA
Received 12 Sept 202534 Hardwicke Road, Hastings, TN34 3PF
Received 12 Sept 20251A Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 12 Sept 202526 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 2 Sept 20259 Water Mint Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9SZ
Received 5 Sept 202524 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 8 Sept 20251-3 Robertson Street (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 12 Sept 2025Ground Floor, 9 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 12 Sept 2025Surgery and Premises, 11 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 15 Sept 2025First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 40A London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 16 Sept 2025Former Mount Denys, 187 The Ridge, Hastings
Received 17 Sept 2025Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 17 Sept 202513 Edward Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LP
Received 17 Sept 202520 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 17 Sept 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 18 Sept 202533 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 18 Sept 2025Flat 3, 3 Highlands Mansions, 117 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Former, 10 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 19 Sept 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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