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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.
10,068 approved · 1,466 refused · 821 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
153-154 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 19 Jan 2026113 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 19 Jan 202650 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 19 Jan 20261 Rotherfield Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PA
Received 20 Jan 202618 Robertson Street, Hastings
Received 20 Jan 2026St Leo's, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS
Received 20 Jan 20261 Rotherfield Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PA
Received 20 Jan 2026The Fairy Tails K9 Centre, The Barn, Fairlight Place, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 21 Jan 2026Blue Reef Aquarium, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 21 Jan 202674 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BH
Received 21 Jan 2026153-154 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 22 Jan 2026Garages, Highlands Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LT
Received 22 Jan 202616 The Kestrels, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LW
Received 16 Jan 2026Site of former 34, West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 23 Jan 2026Site of former 34, West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 23 Jan 2026St Leonards Lodge, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HW
Received 26 Jan 2026St Annes Centre and Woodlands, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 26 Jan 2026Pavement adjacent 21 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 26 Jan 2026Pavement adjacent 21 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 26 Jan 2026Flat 1, Fairseat Court, 34 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB
Received 26 Jan 20267 The Roundel, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HE
Received 2 Feb 202691 Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5NT
Received 2 Feb 202642 St Peters Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JH
Received 2 Feb 2026391 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 2 Feb 2026Records 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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