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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.
9,838 approved · 1,432 refused · 805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 2, 5 Clyde Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QE
Received 2 Oct 202522 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UB
Received 3 Oct 2025Gambier House, 111 & West House, 115 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 3 Oct 2025120 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2AR
Received 3 Oct 202541 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 3 Oct 2025Corner Plot, Land at Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 3 Oct 2025Ore Place Farm, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RA
Received 3 Oct 2025The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 6 Oct 2025Gloucester Lodge, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 2 Oct 2025132 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 29 Sept 202513 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 26 Sept 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 7 Oct 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 7 Oct 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2025100 and 100a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 7 Oct 20259 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AX
Received 7 Oct 2025Land East of, Helmsman Rise, (Rear of 1-19 Helmsman Rise), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BQ
Received 3 Oct 2025Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 8 Oct 2025Ground Floor Premises, 36 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 8 Oct 20259 Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RR
Received 8 Oct 2025Former Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 9 Oct 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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