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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,963 approved · 1,453 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hastings Pier
Received 3 Dec 2025Hastings Pier
Received 3 Dec 2025Greeba Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BQ
Received 4 Dec 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 4 Dec 202526 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 4 Dec 202524 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 4 Dec 20253 Langham Close, Hastings, TN34 2JQ
Received 5 Dec 2025St Michaels Hospice, 25 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LB
Received 5 Dec 202519 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 5 Dec 202516 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 8 Dec 202535 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TY
Received 8 Dec 202517A Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HD
Received 8 Dec 202513 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 1 Dec 202549 - 53 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 9 Dec 20259 Eversley Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QD
Received 9 Dec 202560 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RQ
Received 10 Dec 202560 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RQ
Received 10 Dec 202567 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 10 Dec 202510 Adelaide House, 23 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DN
Received 12 Dec 2025Land adjacent to 33 Nelson Road (rear of 133 Milward Road), Hastings
Received 12 Dec 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Dec 2025Flat 1, Ashley Court, 16A Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 15 Dec 202513 Battle Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AW
Received 16 Dec 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 16 Dec 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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