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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.
9,909 approved · 1,446 refused · 809 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
97 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EJ
Received 31 Oct 20254 De Cham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JP
Received 5 Nov 202515 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LZ
Received 5 Nov 202519 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 7 Nov 2025Land Rear of 77-79 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 7 Nov 202599 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EJ
Received 30 Oct 202591 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 3 Nov 202531 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 11 Nov 2025Land to the rear of Ore Valley Road, (Former Hall and Co Yard, Ore Station Yard, Parker Road), Hastings, TN34 3FE
Received 11 Nov 2025Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 11 Nov 2025Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 11 Nov 202520-31 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NS
Received 11 Nov 2025195 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 11 Nov 2025223 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 5 Nov 202517 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RJ
Received 12 Nov 2025Selbourne, 4 Grange Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QE
Received 13 Nov 202555-65 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NS
Received 13 Nov 2025107 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AD
Received 13 Nov 202543 Sandwich Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XJ
Received 14 Nov 2025Corner Plot, Land at Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 14 Nov 202559 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 17 Nov 202510 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 17 Nov 202533 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3LA
Received 18 Nov 2025Flat 1, 26 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 19 Nov 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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