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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.
9,865 approved · 1,441 refused · 808 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Oct 2025Former, 10 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 10 Oct 2025Land rear of, Tower View, 33 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 13 Oct 2025125 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 13 Oct 2025125 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 13 Oct 202522 Roundwood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LA
Received 13 Oct 202534A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 10 Oct 2025Former, 20 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 15 Oct 2025Fernside House, 49 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 14 Oct 2025Land East of 46 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 15 Oct 202510 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 15 Oct 202510 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 15 Oct 2025Senlac Lodge, Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 15 Oct 2025780 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 16 Oct 202596 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 13 Oct 202524 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 17 Oct 202520B Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DT
Received 20 Oct 2025Pavement Havelock Road, Hastings (o/s 33, 35 and 37 Havelock Road)
Received 20 Oct 2025Pavement Havelock Road, Hastings (o/s 33, 35 and 37 Havelock Road)
Received 20 Oct 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 21 Oct 2025104 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 21 Oct 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Oct 202514 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 24 Oct 2025Markwick Gardens, Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RF
Received 19 Oct 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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