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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.
9,990 approved · 1,454 refused · 815 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
First and Second Floor 1-3 Robertson Street, Hastings
Received 16 Dec 20257 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 17 Dec 2025Shearbarn Holiday Park, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DX
Received 17 Dec 2025Shearbarn Holiday Park, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DX
Received 17 Dec 202524 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 17 Dec 20257 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 18 Dec 2025100 & 100A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 18 Dec 2025133 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PE
Received 18 Dec 2025Astec House, 10-12 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 18 Dec 2025138 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 15 Dec 202526 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JG
Received 15 Dec 2025125 Quebec Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HU
Received 16 Dec 20256 Anvil Court, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EZ
Received 18 Dec 2025Former Hall and Co Yard, Ore Station Yard, Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 19 Dec 20258 Richborough Close, Hastings, TN34 2PB
Received 19 Dec 202513 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EE
Received 19 Dec 20252 Paxhill Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RE
Received 19 Dec 2025123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Dec 2025Flat 2, 3 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 22 Dec 2025Garages, Highlands Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LT
Received 22 Dec 20255 Barrow Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ST
Received 23 Dec 2025Land Adjoining, 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 23 Dec 20259-11 Pelham Arcade,(Restaurant and Premises), Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 24 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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